IMPD: Male found dead on city’s west side, homicide investigation underway
UPDATE: The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified the male who was found dead Wednesday as 24-year-old Cadari Lamont Warren.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A homicide investigation is underway on the city’s west side after a male was found dead at a residence, police say.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a report of a person down in the 1100 block of Medford Avenue around 10:23 a.m. on Wednesday. That is just north of 10th Street and east of Tibbs Avenue.
Officers arrived and located a deceased male with injuries consistent with gunshot wounds in the backyard of an abandoned home, police said in a release.
IMPD says the investigation is being treated as a homicide. It is unclear if the male is an adult or juvenile.
The Marion County Coroner’s Office will release the identity of the deceased once proper notification has been made.
No further information was immediately provided.
Anyone with information about this incident should call Detective Jeremy Ingram at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or e-mail the detective at Jeremy.Ingram@indy.gov.
