INDIANAPOLIS — A man who was critically injured in a shooting on the west side of Indianapolis Tuesday night has died, according to police.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said the shooting happened around 9 p.m. at a gas station in the 7900 block of West 10th Street, which is just east of Country Club Road.
IMPD said officers were called to the area on a report of a person shot. They found a victim, an adult male, in a car.
Police said they believe the man was shot while inside the car, tried to drive away, but struck a landscape rock across from the gas station.
The victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition. On Wednesday, IMPD said the man had died from his injuries.
IMPD homicide and aggravated assault detectives are investigating. They're looking for a small crossover SUV in connection with the shooting.
Anyone with information about this shooting is being encouraged to contact Detective Brad Nuetzman at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email him at Brad.Nuetzman@indy.gov.
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