Man killed in shooting near North Oxford Street

Scene of the shooting near the 100 block of North Oxford Street. (WISH Photo/Adele Reich)

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — This story has been updated to include the victim’s name.

A man was killed in a shooting on the city’s east side on Saturday, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said.

The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified the man as 38-year-old David Young.

Around 10:24 p.m. Saturday, IMPD officers were dispatched to the 100 block of North Oxford Avenue on a report of a person shot. That is a residential area on the city’s east side. Officers arrived to the scene and found Young with gunshot wound injuries.

Young was initially listed in critical condition, but later died.

This is the second of two fatal shootings on Saturday night. The first shooting occurred near the 2000 block of North Drexel Avenue, about 3 miles northeast of the North Oxford Street shooting. Investigators did not provide information on a possible connection between the shootings.

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