1 dead, 1 wounded after shot in residential area on east side

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — One of two people shot Friday night in a residential area on the city’s east side has died, police said.

The Marion County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the man who died as Dylan McGinnis, 24. He died of gunshot wound injuries.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and emergency medical personnel were sent shortly before 11:30 p.m. Friday to a report of person shot at East 11th and North Oxford streets. That’s northeast of the intersection of 10th and Rural streets on the east side.

Police said Friday they found two people shot in a car. The man inside died at the scene. The woman was stable when taken to a hospital.

IMPD believes whomever shot the man and woman were in the car with them in the back. It was unclear why the man and woman were at that location; they were not from Indianapolis.

The identities of woman was not shared by police.

McGinnis is the city’s 200th homicide of 2021.