2 adults dead, 2 teens injured in domestic dispute with weapon; suspect former IMPD officer

This story has been updated with information on the shooter, the identification of the woman killed, and includes a brief mention of suicide.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A man and a woman are dead, and two teens related to them were injured in a domestic disturbance involving a weapon on the city’s south side, Indianapolis police say.

The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified the man as 43-year-old Thomas Nolan. His cause of death was determined to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The cause of death for the woman, later identified as 41-year-old Ashley Nolan, has been ruled a homicide.

Medics and Indianapolis Police Department officers were called at 9 p.m. Monday to an incomplete 911 call from a home in the 600 block of Watersonway Circle. That’s a street with homes in the Rahkewood Addition off Rahke Road. That’s northeast of the intersection of West Edgewood Avenue and Bluff Road.

Police arrived to hear gunshots being fired. Dispatchers were on the phone with a caller when that happened. IMPD did not say if one of the teens had called 911.

Officers entered the home and found the two teens, each with at least one gunshot wound. Later, officers found the two adults dead in the backyard of a home.

IMPD confirmed Tuesday morning that the suspected shooter is a former IMPD Reserve officer who retired in May. IMPD declined to identify the shooter.

Police recovered a firearm at the shooting scene.

One teen was in critical condition, and the other was stable. IMPD did not give the teens’ ages or genders.

“This is an active crime scene and this investigation is ongoing and developing,” IMPD said in a notification to the media.

People were being asked to avoid the area. A social media message said, “The IMPD will be in the area with a large presence for an ongoing investigation.”

No additional details were immediately available.