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IMPD investigates deadly shooting on northeast side

Officers were called to the area of Massachusetts Avenue and Ritter Avenue around 5 a.m. Saturday on a reported shooting.

INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD homicide detectives are investigating a deadly shooting near a northeast side bar Saturday morning.

Officers were called to Massachusetts Avenue and Ritter Avenue just after 5 a.m. Saturday on a reported shooting. 

Police located a man in the parking lot who had been shot. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition and later died. The coroner's office identified the victim as 31-year-old James Smith.

The circumstances of the shooting were not released.

Anyone with information about this shooting should call Detective Michael Wright at the IMPD homicide office at 317.327.3475 or e-mail the detective at Michael.Wright@indy.gov. To leave an anonymous tip, call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317.262.8477 or (TIPS).

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