The incident happened Jan. 11, 2021 near 21st Street and Emerson Avenue.
Credit: IMPD
Romello McGee, 21, was arrested for the murder of 56-year-old James Lewis and injuring a 14-year-old in a shooting in Indianapolis on Jan. 11, 2021. Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 11:47 AM EST February 2, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS IMPD officers have arrested a 21-year-old man for killing a man and injuring a teenager on Indy s east side last month.
Romello McGee was arrested Tuesday for the Jan. 11 shooting.
It happened just before 9 p.m. in the 2100 block of North Spencer Avenue, near East 21st Street and Emerson Avenue.
When officers arrived, they found two people who had been shot. The man who died has been identified as 56-year-old James Lewis. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The 14-year-old boy was transported to the hospital.
According to a summary of the incident released on Friday, an Indianapolis Metropolitan police officer in an unmarked car and plainclothes was at the intersection of East 30th Street and North Shadeland Avenue just before 1 p.m. Thursday, where multiple people in trucks were shooting at each other. The officer fired at a person armed with a rifle, later identified by police as a 19-year-old man, according to the release.
At that point, the people at the intersection fled the scene, and the officer followed one of the vehicles until he lost sight of them around East 30th and North Routiers Avenue, a little less than 2 miles from the first scene.
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Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III killed five members of his family (Indianapolis Metro Police Department)
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA: A 17-year-old boy will be tried as an adult after being accused of fatally shooting his father, stepmother, two teenage relatives, and a 19-year-old pregnant woman in the family s Indianapolis home. Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III has been charged with six counts of murder in connection with the slayings, as announced by prosecutors on Thursday, January 28.
The Marion County Prosecutor s Office also charged Ronald Childs III with one count of attempted murder and one count of carrying a handgun without a license, according to WTHR. His trial has been set for April. Our community has suffered another trauma with the tragic loss of this family. Gun violence continues to take and damage too many lives, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said. Our task now is to bring these allegations before the court. We intend to seek justice for the vict