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Police: 1 dead, 1 critical after shooting on Indy's east side

The shooting happened around 7 p.m. Thursday near East 30th Street and North Mitthoefer Road.
Credit: WTHR

INDIANAPOLIS — One person is dead and another person is in critical condition after a shooting Thursday night on the east side of Indianapolis.

It happened around 7 p.m. Thursday in the 2900 block of North Mitthoefer Road, which is just south of East 30th Street.

Officers responded to a home on a report that two people had been shot. An IMPD spokesperson said a man and a woman were found shot in the garage. The man, who police believe shot the woman before shooting himself, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition. 

Police said the couple's adult daughter told investigators the man and woman had been arguing since around 3 p.m. Thursday. She called police after hearing the gunshots in the garage.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call IMPD Det. Douglas Swails at 317-327-3475 or email at Douglas.Swails@indy.gov. You can also call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana anonymously at 317-262-TIPS.

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