INDIANAPOLIS — One man was killed and another was wounded in an interstate shooting on the east side of Indianapolis early Saturday morning, police said.
Indiana State Police identified the man who was killed as 30-year-old Anthony Shelman of Indianapolis. The wounded man was only identified as a 35-year-old passenger.
The incident began at around 3:30 a.m. when officers were called to a crash near 21st Street and Emerson Avenue and found two gunshot victims in the car.
Shelman, who was driving, was critically injured. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.
The 35-year-old passenger was conscious and alert, IMPD said. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
IMPD officers learned the shooting apparently happened on Interstate 70 before the crash and turned the investigation over to ISP.
Detectives are still working to develop a motive for the shooting and identify the exact location on I-70 where the shooting happened.
They believe people in another vehicle shot multiple times at the Nissan sedan that Shelman and his passenger were in while they were driving near I-70 and Emerson Avenue. Then, shortly after the shooting, their car crashed near 21st and Emerson.
This is the 11th shooting on Indianapolis area interstates this year, ISP said. Also, so far this year, troopers in Indianapolis have investigated 53 incidents of road rage where a gun was displayed or pointed but no shots were fired.
ISP said, at this point, detectives have not determined if this shooting was road rage-related or if the victims were targeted.
Anyone with information about this incident, or who may have obtained dash camera footage in the area around 3:30 a.m. March 25, 2023, is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 or (TIPS).