INDIANAPOLIS — An investigation is underway after a shooting left a 56-year-old man dead on Indianapolis' west side early Saturday morning.
According to IMPD, just before 3 a.m. on Oct. 12, officers responded to the 5500 block of Scarlet Drive, which is near West 34th Street and Moller Road, on a report of a loud party.
When officers arrived, they were reportedly flagged down by a person who told police a man had been shot. Officers checked the area and found a man outside a garage with gunshot injuries. Medics arrived and pronounced the man dead at the scene.
The Marion County Coroner's Office later identified the man as 56-year-old Christopher Scott Rockingham.
Police have not shared information about a possible suspect or motive at this time.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact Detective Connie Pearson at the IMPD Homicide Office by dialing 317-327-3475. Det. Pearson can also be reached by email at Connie.Pearson@indy.gov.
Anonymous tips can be sent by contacting Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS (8477).