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Double shooting leaves two dead, including juvenile on Indy's northeast side

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INDIANAPOLIS — A double shooting left two people dead, including a juvenile on the northeast side of Indianapolis Saturday morning, according to police.

This incident is one of two double shootings on Saturday morning.

Just after 2 a.m., Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were dispatched to the 7800 block of Redmill Drive on a report of a person shot.

Police said when they arrived they located an adult male and a juvenile male, who were both shot. The two were identified Monday by the Marion County Coroner's Office as Nicholas Powell, 18, and Jhavon Fisher, 17.

Powell was transported to the hospital in critical condition, where he later died.

Fisher died at the scene, police said.

This incident happened within hours of another double shooting that occurred Saturday morning.

Anyone with information about this incident should contact Detective Michael Wright at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317.327.3475 or e-mail him at Michael.Wright@indy.gov