1 dead, 1 critically injured in shooting near East 38th Street

Two people shot on the northeast side

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — This story has been updated to include additional information from the Marion County Coroner’s Office and Indianapolis police.

Two people were critically injured Saturday in a shooting on the city’s northeast side, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said, and one of those people later died.

Around 4:25 p.m. Saturday, IMPD officers responded to the 5400 block of East 38th Street on a report of a person shot. Officers arrived to the scene and found a person with gunshot wound injuries, police said Saturday. Christopher Clark, 44, died.

The Marion County Coroner’s office later ruled Clark’s death a homicide.

On Tuesday, Indianapolis police said officers on Saturday had identified a suspect vehicle as a red Pontiac, last seen traveling east from the shooting scene. Minutes later, an officer located the suspect vehicle at a nearby gas station at 5950 E. 38th St. The officer entered the business and located a second person, identified as 33-year-old Justin Callaway, suffering from injuries consistent with at least one gunshot wound. Callaway was taken to IU Health Methodist Hospital in critical condition.

No arrest has been announced.

Anyone with information about this incident should call IMPD Detective Lottie Patrick at 317-327-3475 or e-mail her at lottie.patrick@indy.gov.

News 8’s Gregg Montgomery contributed to this report.

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