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19-year-old dead after being shot on Indy's northwest side

IMPD determined the shooting happened Friday around 12:20 a.m. in the parking lot of the Arby's near 71st Street and Georgetown Road.

INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating after a man died from a shooting that happened early Friday morning on the city's northwest side.

Police said a man with a gunshot wound arrived at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital on West 86th Street around 12:30 a.m. on July 21. Police said the victim was initially said to be in critical condition, but police provided an update just before 1 a.m. that the man died from his injuries.

Officers determined the shooting happened around 12:20 a.m. in the parking lot of the Arby's near 71st Street and Georgetown Road.

Police said a friend drove the man to the hospital after he was shot.

The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 19-year-old Nouridine Moctar Mahamadou.

Credit: Mahamadou family
Nouridine Mahamadou

Mahamadou's father told 13News Friday his son dropped out of Pike High School. He had spoken with Nouridine just a day ago, trying to guide him away from trouble, but was concerned about the direction of his son's life.

The 19-year-old is survived by his parents and two sisters.

The friend who drove Mahamadou to the hospital is also 19 years old, and his mother said he also dropped out of Pike High School and moved out of her house about a year ago. 

Police have not shared information about a possible suspect or motive at this time. Investigators did not say if the friend who dropped Mahamadou off at St. Vincent is cooperating with the investigation, but said they quickly learned the scene of the shooting was not far from where the friend used to live. 

Workers in the Arby's were cleaning up after closing the restaurant about 20 minutes before the shooting occurred. They scrambled to the back of the restaurant when they heard the gunshots, but apparently, no bullets hit the restaurant among the dozen or more shell casings that were found at the scene.

It is not known if the Arby's has security video of the incident.

Anyone with additional information is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.

At least three other people were wounded in shootings around Indianapolis in a matter of hours Thursday night into Friday.

A victim, who is reportedly 16 years old, arrived in the area of Riley Hospital for Children with a gunshot wound around 8:30 p.m. 

Two people were shot around 10:30 p.m. at an apartment complex near Washington Square Mall on the far east side of Indianapolis.

The investigations into all three shootings are ongoing.

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