Authorities ID man found fatally shot on south side
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Authorities have released the name of the man fatally shot on the city’s south side Saturday night.
The Marion County coroner identified the man as Christopher Bowman. A specific age was not provided, but IMPD confirmed during its initial investigation that the victim was in his 20s.
Officers from Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were called to the 2400 block of Dawson Street — that’s south of East Raymond Street and west of South Keystone Avenue — on Saturday around 8:21 p.m. on a report of shots fired.
IMPD Capt. Elder at the scene said officers arrived to find a man suffering apparent gunshot wounds on a lawn in the middle of a group of apartment buildings. Officer Jim Gillespie with IMPD said the Bowman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police recovered several shell casings at the scene, and an apartment and car were struck by bullets, but no other injuries were reported.
The shooting comes just hours after a 38-year-old man was found shot in the driver’s seat of a car outside a during a wake held for 40-year-old Keith Williams, who was found shot several times in his home on Grant Avenue on Sept. 20.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.