INDIANAPOLIS — One person is dead and another is in critical condition following a shooting on Indianapolis' near northwest side early Thursday morning.
IMPD officers responded to Kessler Food Mart in the 2900 block of West Kessler Boulevard North Drive, just south of West 30th Street, around 2:15 a.m. for a panic alarm at the store.
Officers located a man, identified as 27-year-old Kenuel Thompson, inside a car in the parking lot who was pronounced dead when medics arrived. A second man was located inside the store who had been shot multiple times. He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. According to the Marion County Coroner's Office, Thompson's cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound.
Police said early Thursday morning that they're not sure what led to the shooting, though it appeared the shots were fired into the vehicle. Detectives will be canvassing the area and looking for surveillance footage to help determine the order of events and possibly identify any suspects in the shootings.
Police said they currently believe the shooting was a targeted event.
Anyone with information about this incident should contact Detective Ronald Sayles at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email him at Ronald.Sayles@indy.gov.