Woman dies after found shot in car at 40th Street, Emerson Avenue; IMPD says shooting was homicide
UPDATE: The woman found shot in a vehicle Tuesday night near 40th Street and Emerson Avenue was identified as 23-year-old Maxine A. Congress, the Marion County Coroner’s Office said Friday. Congress died of a gunshot wound and her death has been ruled a homicide.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A woman found shot on Tuesday night in a car at an intersection on the city’s northeast side died later at a trauma center, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says.
Just before 7 p.m., officers responded to a report of a person shot in the 3900 block of Hawthorn Lane. That’s a residential area near East 40th Street and North Emerson Avenue.
Officers found two women in a car, and one of them had an apparent gunshot wound, police say. The woman was initially listed as being in critical condition at a trauma center, where she died.
The other woman was not injured.
No additional information was immediately available.
The woman’s death has been ruled a homicide, IMPD said Wednesday. Her name will be shared by the Marion County Coroner’s Office after her family members have been notified.
Anyone with information was asked to contact Detective Michael McWhorter at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317.327.3475 or by e-mail at Michael.McWhorter2@indy.gov. Anonymous tips can be left with Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS.
