INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating after a man was found dead on Indianapolis' east side Thursday morning after being shot.
IMPD officers responded to the 7300 block of Taos Trail, southeast of South Shadeland Avenue and East Washington Street, around 6:15 a.m. for a call to check the welfare of a person. Police found an unresponsive man who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Preliminary information suggested the person may have been shot, and IMPD confirmed around 10:30 a.m. that the victim sustained an apparent gunshot wound(s).
An investigation into the shooting is now underway.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the deceased as 32-year-old Samuel L. Reeder.
Police said nobody has been arrested in the incident but believe there is no known threat to the public at this time.
Anyone with information about this incident should contact Detective Brad Nuetzman at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or by email at Brad.Nuetzman@indy.gov. Tips can also be made anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.
