Person found dead near South Illinois Street

Man with trauma found dead downtown

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — This story has been updated with additional information from Indianapolis police.

A person died near the city’s downtown area on Sunday night, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Around 11:10 p.m. Sunday, IMPD officers were dispatched to the 100 block of South Illinois Street on a report of a person down. That is a commercial area near the Circle Centre Mall. Officers arrived to the scene and found a person with gunshot wound injuries.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. He has since been identified by the Marion County Coroner’s Office as 33-year-old Tommy Padgett Jr.

Padgett’s death has been ruled a homicide.

Investigators initially thought the death was a shooting but said Monday morning that the victim is believed to have suffered injuries consistent with trauma.

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