INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — A man is dead following a shooting Thursday evening on the city's east side.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police were dispatched shortly before 6:30 p.m. to the Budget 8 Inn, located at 6850 E. 21st St., on the report of a person shot. That's southwest of the intersection of I-70 and Shadeland Avenue.
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Responding officers found a man in critical condition. They were later pronounced deceased at the hospital.
The Marion County Prosecutor's Office identified the victim as 30-year-old Joshua Thompson.
An investigation is underway.
Anyone with information about this incident should call Detective TyAnn Lambert at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317.327.3475 or e-mail the detective at TyAnn.Lambert@indy.gov.
