2 dead, 5 injured in Sunday shootings on Indy’s west and northwest side

2 dead in Sunday shootings – News 8 at 10

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Two people died and five were hurt as violence erupted early Sunday morning in Indianapolis as three different shooting scenes on the west and northwest sides.

The Marion County Coroner’s Office will release the identity of two people who died once family notification has been made, Indianapolis police say.

Rockville Road

The Marion County Coroner’s Office on Monday night identified the man killed as Terrell Reese, 28.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says the first shooting happened at 12:15 a.m. Sunday at the Onyx Event Center, 7545 Rockville Road. That’s west of Girls School Road.

Various agencies with the Marion County Alcohol Task Force, including IMPD, were preparing to conduct a premises check when the shooting happened. IMPD says it deferred inquiries about the shooting and any follow-up to the Indiana Alcohol Tobacco Commission, which is closed until Tuesday for the Presidents Day holiday.

IMPD said in a news release issued late Sunday afternoon that officers found a man at the back of the building with a gunshot wound. The man died there.

Later, two more people shot at the event center were found.

IMPD was alerted to a 32-year-old man at IU Health West Hospital in nearby Avon who was being moved to IU Health Methodist Hospital. That man was last known to be in critical condition with at least one gunshot wound.

Also, a 21-year-old woman was found in a vehicle at the shooting scene with at least one gunshot wound. She was stable when taken to Eskenazi Hospital, IMPD says.

Anyone with information was asked to call IMPD Detective Colten Smith at 317-327-3475.

West 71st Street

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday to a report of a person shot in the 5000 block of West 71st Street. That’s near Eagle Creek Park just east of the interchange for I-65 on the city’s northwest side.

Officers located two people with injuries consistent with gunshot wounds. Police say both were reported to be awake and breathing.

Little Creek Drive

The Marion County Coroner’s Office on Monday night identified the man killed as Bryant Melton Jr., 26.

Just after 5:40 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to a third shooting scene in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 5700 block of Little Creek Drive. That’s at Aspen Chase Apartments, near West 56th Street and Moller Road.

Police found what was believed to be a man in the driver’s seat of a car with injuries consistent with gunshot wounds.

Medics pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Anyone with information was asked to call IMPD Detective Michael Wright at 317-327-3475 or to e-mail the detective at michael.wright@indy.gov.

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