INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD homicide detectives are investigating after a man died hours after being critically wounded in a shooting on the north side of Indianapolis on Saturday.
Police responded to a report of a shooting just before 4 p.m. in the 600 block of West 39th Street, near Michigan Road and North Meridian Street.
When officers arrived, they found a man who had been shot in a nearby alley in the 3900 block of Byram Avenue.
IMPD said officers provided the man with medical aid until medics arrived. He was taken to Methodist Hospital in critical condition but later died from his injuries.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the deceased as 56-year-old Sebastian Reyes.
Sunday morning, Rev. Dr. Charles Harrison, board president of the Indianapolis TenPoint Coalition, said the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood had gone without a murder for 14 months.
The nonprofit organization, seeks to help reduce crime, reduced its presence in the Butler Tarkington neighborhood from two patrol teams to one patrol team two weeks ago.
Harrison said the organization will reevaluate that decision after Saturday's homicide.
Police had not shared information about a suspect or motive in the shooting.
IMPD is asking anyone with information about this shooting to call Det. Jesus Soria Jr. at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email him at Jesus.SoriaJr@indy.gov. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 or (TIPS)