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IMPD: Two men fatally shot in three hours

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INDIANAPOLIS -- An east-side shooting left one man dead Friday afternoon.

Police were called to the 700 block of North Grant Avenue around 5:30 p.m. Friday for a report of a person shot.

They arrived to find 37-year-old Dejuan Williams suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives believe Williams likely knew the shooter. 

Officers were dispatched to a second shooting just after 8 p.m. on the 3200 block of Gladstone Avenue.

They arrived to find 18-year-old Tyren Whitley suffering from a gunshot wound to the torso.

Whitley was taken to Eskenazi Hospital, but was pronounced dead a short time later.

Anyone with information in either shooting is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-8477. 

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