INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating after a man who had been shot was found dead early Thursday morning.
Around 12:20 a.m., IMPD officers got a report of the sound of gunfire in a far east side neighborhood. Officers found tracks that led them to the back of a home in the 3600 block of Wittfield Street, near 38th Street and North Post Road. A check of that home ensued, and no one was found.
As they continued to investigate the area, police found a reported stolen car in front of the house on Wittfield Street. They discovered the body of a young adult male nearby.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 23-year-old Jaylin Darran Smith.
Police said there was a gun laying by the body and a police report indicated the victim had been shot. The coroner has not released Smith's cause of death.
A few minutes before discovery of the body on Wittfield Street, dispatchers learned that a person with a gunshot wound had walked in to Riley Hospital for Children. IMPD said that person, an adult, was in stable condition.
Police have not said if they believe there is a connection between the incidents.
Early Thursday, IMPD told 13News it believed there was no ongoing threat from the Wittfield Street incident, and no suspects were in custody.
Anyone with information about the Wittfield incident should contact Detective Christopher Higgins at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or by e-mail at Christopher.Higgins@indy.gov.
Anyone with information on either incident can contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana anonymously at 317-262-8477.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.