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1 person killed, multiple people injured in weekend shootings

UPDATE: The man founded dead in the 2900 block of Madison Avenue has been identified as 19-year-old Jamear Powell.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — One person is dead and multiple others are hurt after a series of shootings Saturday evening and early Sunday, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Just after midnight, police were called to a shooting at a restaurant in the area of 2900 Madison Avenue near Troy Avenue. Officers found a man who had been shot in the parking lot. The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition, but he did not survive.

While investigators were on the scene, they learned of two people who had walked into Eskenazi Hospital just after 1 a.m. with injuries from a shooting.

One victim had been shot and the other had been grazed, according to IMPD.

IMPD said several people have been interviewed and detained, but no one has been arrested.

Police believe the two shootings are related.

Three people were also injured in shootings Saturday evening, according to IMPD.

One person was taken to the hospital after a shooting just before 11 p.m. in the 1000 block of West 34th Street, just west of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street. The victim is in stable condition.

A second person is in stable condition after walking into Eskenazi Hospital at around 7 p.m. with a gunshot wound. The person is in stable condition.

A third person was shot in the 1500 block of East 38th Street just after 5:30 p.m. That’s just west of East Fall Creek Parkway North Drive. The victim was taken to the hospital, but police did not provide an update on their condition.

Police have not identified any of the people who were shot or any suspects.

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