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Victim shot in neck and killed on east side

Homicide is city's 99th of the year
East side frustrated by recent violence
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INDIANAPOLIS -- A person was shot and Wednesday evening near 21st Street and on the east side.

The shooting happened around 7:40 p.m. on the 2100 block of Emerson Knoll Place.

Officers arrived to find a victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the neck. The victim was transported to the hospital in critical condition, but was declared dead a short time later.

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The shooting is the city's 99th criminal homicide of the year, and the eighth in the past week alone.