INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating after a person died following a shooting near the Indiana State Fairgrounds Saturday afternoon.
Around 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, officers responded to the 2300 block of East 38th Street, near North Keystone Avenue, for a report of a person shot. Officers located a man who had been shot nearby in the 3800 block of Hillside Avenue.
The man was taken in critical condition to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 47-year-old Sunny Dwayne Gilbert.
Monday morning, IMPD announced an arrest of a 50-year-old man for his alleged role in the incident.
The suspect was arrested on a preliminary charge of murder. The Marion County Prosecutor's Office will make the final charging decision.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Detective Matthew Melkey at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email Matthew.Melkey@indy.gov.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.