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16-year-old arrested in connection to man’s fatal shooting at 79th, Harcourt Road

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a report of a person shot near the intersection of West 79th Street and Harcourt Road. (Provided Photo/IMPD)

UPDATE: The man shot and killed has been identified as 34-year-old Lance Little. IMPD says the juvenile was found hiding at a nearby apartment building.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 16-year-old boy was arrested after a man was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon on Indianapolis’ north side, police said Friday night.

The teen arrested nor the man shot have been publicly identified.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers went sent just after 2 p.m. to a report of a person shot near the intersection of West 79th Street and Harcourt Road. Officers located a man with injuries consistent with gunshot wounds on the road.

The man shot was initially reported to be in critical condition before IMPD provided an update that he had dead.

Information on what led to the shooting has not been released.

Anyone with information was asked to contact IMPD Detective Jeremy Ingram at 317-327-3475 or e-mail him at jeremy.ingram@indy.gov.

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