INDIANAPOLIS — Police continue to investigate what led up to a shooting Tuesday night that left a man dead and a woman critically injured.
Officers responding to a report of a shooting shortly after 10 p.m. found two people shot inside a home in the 5000 block of Brookfield Drive, near Emerson Avenue and East Stop 11 Road.
"It's devastating, it's devastating. It really is," said Sonia Kohler, a neighbor.
Kohler and others along Brookfield Drive are still reeling from the double shooting on their street.
"My niece called me, she lives right across the street, she'd seen all the lights. We didn't hear anything, she woke me up out of a dead sleep and said something was going on," Kohler said. "So, I went out to the window over here and saw all the lights, flashing lights."
Kohler watched officers hang crime scene tape around her neighbor's home, searching the yard. Inside, IMPD said officers found a man dead and a woman critically injured.
"She was in critical condition when she was transported. When she gets down to the hospital, we do have officers and detectives that are down there," IMPD Maj. Mike Leepper said. "Hopefully, we'll be able to gain more information as to what occurred, what the nature of their relationship was and what occurred prior to the shooting."
Police said a dog in the home was also shot, with Indianapolis Animal Care Services responding to assist. The dog was taken to an emergency vet, but IACS reported the dog's injuries were too severe and had to be put down.
Kohler said they were nice people. She said she'd often see them outside, especially riding their Harleys.
"Walking their dog, they'd bring tomatoes over to my brother and his wife that live right next door," she said.
One neighbor reported she had often heard the couple fighting, including Tuesday night before the deadly shooting. A police report was made with IMPD on Nov. 1 — exactly four months ago — involving the same two people at the same house for an incident of domestic violence with a weapon.
"It's sad that something is that bad that it had to come to that," Kohler said.
In the hours after that deadly shooting, those living along Brookfield Drive said they're now hoping and praying their neighbor is able to recover from this and move forward.