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'This was a really scary and surprising experience' | Video shows moment shots were fired during Anderson mass shooting

Seven people were wounded in a shooting at a party in Anderson early Sunday.

ANDERSON, Ind. — Gunshots and screams woke up neighbors living at 22nd Street and Arrow Avenue in Anderson Sunday morning.

"Out of the year we've been here, nobody has ever shot a gun out here. So, this was a really scary and surprising experience," Kaci Woods said.

Woods' home was in the middle of the chaos. Police said seven people were shot at a party shortly after midnight July 21, with around 300 people in attendance.

Her security cameras caught the aftermath of the shooting and people hiding out behind her house.

"That's the scary part of it all, because I thought we could all hang out and get along and be fine, but somebody had to come along and mess it up and hurt several people," Woods said.

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Monday afternoon, you could see crime scene tape overflowing out of a garbage can.

The Anderson Police Department identified the seven gunshot victims, who were all described as "stable:"

  • One 18-year-old
  • One 19-year-old
  • One 21-year-old
  • Two 22-year-olds
  • One 23-year-old
  • One 25-year-old

A department spokesperson said no arrests have been made in the case.

Credit: WTHR/Marina Silva
Anderson police are investigating after a shooting that injured several people early July 21, 2024.

Monday afternoon, you could also see people in bright green vests, like Jason Fullington, who founded the Madison County Hand-up Initiative.

Fullington said he and his group go to neighborhoods after shootings happen to offer support.

"Sometimes it's in the ways of just letting people have a voice and letting them express their concerns with the community," Woods said. "It's also to maybe connect them with resources they may need to help them in a situation they may be in."

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Both Woods and Fullington said nothing good happens after midnight.

"I don't believe a party should be going on that late in the first place. I'm not trying to cast judgment, but at the same time, we have teenagers on the street in the middle of the night, and they're carrying pistols," Fullington said. "It's not a safe environment, and I don't want my children in that environment, and I think most parents wouldn't, but I think more parents need to be involved and keep their children off the street."

"An anti-violence block party where they was promoting no violence in these type of settings. They was trying to prove that they could come together as a community and have a party without any kind of violence. And unfortunately, that didn't happen," resident Paris Powell Redfield said.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Det. Cora Garcia at 765-648-6729. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.

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