Man dies in road rage shooting at Thompson Road, Emerson Avenue

Breaking: Person dies in road rage shooting

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A person died after a road rage shooting Tuesday night on the southeast side of Indianapolis, police say.

The Marion County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday identified the victim as 29-year-old Gavin Dasaur. His death was ruled a homicide.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and Beech Grove Fire Department were sent shortly before 8:25 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a person shot at East Thompson Road and South Emerson Avenue. That’s about a mile south of the I-465 interchange for South Emerson Avenue.

Dasaur was found in the street with a gunshot wound.

Police say the shooting involved two vehicles, and shots fired from a vehicle. The other driver remained at the scene, police say.

IMPD says one person was detained. The person, believed to be the shooter, but was later released, IMPD in a homicide brief sent shortly before 5 a.m. Wednesday.

No arrests have been announced.

The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office told News 8 on Friday that a charging determination has not yet been made.

Medics had taken Dasaur to the hospital in critical condition before his death.

Anyone with information was asked to contact IMPD Detective Doug Swails at 317-327-3475 or douglas.swails@indy.gov.

This story has been updated with new information from the Marion County Coroner’s Office and IMPD.

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