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1 critically injured in shooting on Indianapolis' near east side

IMPD also responded to two other reports Thursday morning men shot at locations on the northeast and northwest sides of Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating a shooting that seriously injured one person early Thursday.

Officers were called to a report of the sound of gunfire in the 2300 block of Beckwith Drive, near 25th Street and Keystone Avenue, just before 1 a.m. They found a victim with an apparent gunshot wound.

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The victim told police he was walking home from a liquor store and was shot in the shoulder and multiple times in the leg.

He was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

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It was the third shooting reported in Indianapolis early Thursday morning.

IMPD said officers were sent to investigate a report of a person who arrived at Riley Hospital with an apparent gunshot injury at 12:50 a.m.

A public IMPD report indicated the male victim was shot near a gas station in 4900 block of East 56th Street near the corner of Emerson Way around midnight.

Aggravated assault detectives were assigned to investigate the case. They have not shared what led to the shooting or the condition and identity of the shooting victim.

Shortly after 12:30 a.m. police were called to the 2400 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on the near northwest side of Indianapolis. 

A police report indicates a man was shot there in a possible domestic incident. 

Aggravated assault detectives are investigating, but police have not shared the man's condition or identity.

Anyone with information on either shooting is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.

These are developing incidents. We will update them as additional information becomes available.

Credit: WTHR/Frank Young

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