IMPD: Boy shot, killed on Indy’s west side; detained suspect released
This story has been updated to include information about the detained suspect being released.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A juvenile died Tuesday afternoon in a shooting on the west side of Indianapolis, police say.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a report of a person shot in the 4400 block of Braemar Drive just after 3 p.m. That is in a residential neighborhood near West 46th Street, just outside the I-465 loop.
Officers found a juvenile, identified as 16-year-old Nathaniel Labissiere, with injuries consistent with a gunshot wound, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A person of interest has been detained and the incident is believed to be isolated, IMPD told News 8.
IMPD said in an update Wednesday that the detained person had been released, and that “several” people were working with investigators on the homicide.
The Marion County Coroner’s Office will release the juvenile once his family has been notified.
Police have not released information about the circumstances leading to the shooting.
Anyone with information about this incident should call Detective Anthony Johnson in the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or e-mail him at Anthony.Johnson@indy.gov