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Dominic Johnson was taken into custody soon after a man was shot at 31 West Ohio Street a block north of Monument Circle shortly before 10 p.m. May 11. The man died later that night at Eskenazi Hospital.
The Marion County Coroner s Office has not yet officially identified the decedent.
According to a probable cause affidavit, a hotel security guard found a man on his knees, shot in the street in front of the Sheraton Hotel. Another man wearing a brown coat, the guard told police, stood in front of the man who had been shot and picked up a white bag. He headed north in an alley.
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City leaders Thursday morning were once again left searching for answers to Indianapolis unprecedented spike in violence after yet another shooting.
This time, a 12-year-old boy was left in critical condition when he was hit by a bullet fired from the street as he sat in his grandmother s home playing video games with family shortly after 3:30 a.m.
“This cannot be the lived experience of families in our city anywhere in our city, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said during a press conference outside the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department s East District Headquarters on Thursday.
Law enforcement officials believe the shooting in the 3400 block of Leland Avenue on the northeast side of the city was a drive-by. Officials said they were not sure whether the house was targeted in the shooting but said no suspects have been taken into custody.