INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating after a teenager was shot and killed Thursday morning on the city's east side.
Police responded to a report of a person shot in the area of Breen Drive and North Brentwood Avenue, near 38th Street and North Post Road, shortly after 6:30 a.m.
Police arrived and found a teenage male who had been shot.
Police said the victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition but later died from his injuries.
A family member identified the victim as 15-year-old Derrick Marsia Houston Jr. and said he was a sophomore at Arsenal Tech High School.
A spokesperson with Indianapolis Public Schools provided the following statement to 13News:
"We are aware that an Arsenal Technical High School student was shot before arriving at an IPS bus top this morning and has unfortunately passed away.
Crisis counseling services are being made available today for students and staff at the school.
Our thoughts are with the student’s family, our staff and students."
According to an IMPD spokesperson, a school bus driver saw a body in the grassy area and called 911. Police said more than 20 students were on the bus when the driver saw the body.
Police confirmed neither the bus driver or students on the bus saw the shooting happen.
Police said there is no known threat to the public and have not made an arrest at this time.
"I think our community is tired," IMPD Officer Samone Burris said when asked about the recent gun violence in Indianapolis. "If I could say anything, scenes like that...it’s just not OK. It’s draining."
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective Ryan Clark at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or by email at Ryan.Clark@Indy.gov.
Calls can also be made anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.