Pregnant woman, unborn baby among 6 killed in Indianapolis shooting
Six people, including a pregnant woman and her unborn baby, were killed Sunday in an early morning shooting in Indianapolis.
According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the shooting occurred on the city’s northeast side around 4 a.m. Officers originally arrived around 3:45 a.m. and found a juvenile on a street suffering from a gunshot wound. After the child, who is expected to survive, was transported to a local hospital, further investigation led police to a home where multiple people inside had been shot and killed.
BREAKING: @IndyMayorJoe is giving a press conference calling the 4AM shooting at 35th and Adams Street a “Mass Murder” and “Terror.”
6 people were killed. Among them a pregnant woman, and her unborn baby.
A juvenile was also shot and is expected to survive. pic.twitter.com/o8kep81EOa— Cameron Ridle (@CameronRidle) January 24, 2021
During a press conference Sunday afternoon, police said their investigation was underway but said the shooting was not a random act. No other information was released.
Both Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and IMPD Chief Randall Taylor referred to the shooting as a “mass murder” during the press conference.
Indianapolis Police are still working this morning at the scene of a shooting that left multiple people dead in the 3500 block of Adams Street. It's one of a half dozen shootings overnight in the city. Details still to come. pic.twitter.com/soWgzmvLY0
— Justin L. Mack (@justinlmack) January 24, 2021
The shooting was one of several to occur in Indianapolis overnight, police added.
