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1 dead in shooting at east side apartment complex; 2nd fatal shooting in 3 days

Man dead in shooting at apartment complex on east side of Indianapolis

UPDATE: The man killed in a shooting Tuesday night at an apartment complex off North Mitthoffer Road has been identified as 46-year-old Robert Hornbuckle Jr., the Marion County Coroner’s Office said.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A man is dead after being shot and killed at an east side apartment complex off North Mitthoeffer Road, police say.

The name or age of the man has not been shared yet.

Around 7:57 p.m., Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were dispatched to the 10100 block of John Marshall Drive North on a report of a person shot. That is in the Amber Woods apartment complex off North Mitthoeffer Road near East 38th Street.

When officers arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound in the driver’s seat of a vehicle. He was taken to Eskenazi Hospital in critical condition, but later died.

Investigators say they believe the man was shot a short distance away within the apartment complex and then drove the van to where officers found it.

This is the second fatal shooting at the Amber Woods apartment complex in three days.

On Sunday morning, a man was fatally shot in the same block of John Marshall Drive North. IMPD said Tuesday they were investigating that shooting as a possible self-defense case.

Anyone with information about the second shooting is asked to call Detective Matthew Melkey at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317.327.3475 or e-mail the detective at Matthew.Melkey@indy.gov Matthew.Melkey@indy.gov.

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