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1 dead in west side shooting

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Posted at 9:40 PM, Jul 12, 2021
and last updated 2021-08-27 18:03:16-04

INDIANAPOLIS — Officers with Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department are investigating after a person was shot and killed on the city's west side Monday evening.

IMPD was called around 8:15 p.m. to the 5800 block of Suburban Drive on a person shot in a car. When they arrived, they found the victim, later identified by the Marion County Corner's Office as 56-year-old Joseph Brownlee, on the driver's side with a gunshot wound.

Brownlee was taken to the hospital in critical condition but later died from his injuries.

Police believe this could be a domestic incident.

This is a developing story. We will continue to update as details become available.