Person fatally shot at home near Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Person fatally shot at home near Indianapolis Motor Speedway

UPDATE: The person fatally shot Sunday at a home by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was identified Monday as 17-year-old Caiden Clements, the Marion County Coroner’s Office said.

A police report obtained by News 8 shows that a 19-year-old male was arrested for murder.

News 8 has reached out to Speedway police for more information.

SPEEDWAY, Ind. (WISH) — A person was fatally shot early Sunday morning at a home by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, police say.

The name and age of the person hasn’t been shared yet.

The Speedway Police Department says around 2:11 a.m. Sunday, officers were dispatched to the 5000 block of West 22nd Street on a report of a person shot. That is in a residential neighborhood just west of IMS, off 16th Street and Lynhurst Drive.

Officers say when they arrived, they found a person suffering a gunshot wound. Investigators did not say if the person was pronounced dead at the scene or died in a hospital.

A number of people were in the home at the time of the shooting, police say. There is no ongoing threat to the community.

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