INDIANAPOLIS — Three people are dead after a shooting on Indianapolis' northwest side late Monday night.
According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, officers were dispatched to the 4500 block of Guion Road just before midnight on September 29 on a report of a person shot.
When officers arrived, they found one person outside with gunshot wounds. Two additional people were located nearby in a vehicle, also with gunshot wounds.
Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services pronounced two victims dead at the scene. The third victim was transported to the hospital in critical condition but was pronounced dead shortly after arriving.
Detectives believe the incident started as a disturbance between two groups of individuals.
Two of the victims, Jose Manuel Castellanos-Morales, 22, and Antonio Vazquez Molina, 29, were identified by the Marion County Coroner's Office. The third victim is still pending identification.
People in the community told Northwest Side community reporter Meredith Hackler that the property where this shooting took place has caused constant issues in their community. Neighbors say they have noticed parties, crowds, vehicles and a large number of animals on the property. However, police reports don't indicate those issues. That's why IMPD says they want to hear from people who live nearby.
"If this type of action was going on in their community and they saw pre-cursors to it, we need to know what they were, we need their help," Tommy Thompson, public information officer for IMPD, said.
Anyone with information should call Detective Christopher Morgan at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email Christopher.Morgan@indy.gov.
Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.
