INDIANAPOLIS — Two people are dead after a shooting Saturday afternoon on Indy's northeast side.
It happened just before 5:30 p.m. at the Emerson Food Mart at 3402 North Emerson Ave., near East 34th Street.
Police said officers investigating a report of a shooting found two victims, both believed to be adult males, inside the store with apparent gunshot wounds.
One of the victims was pronounced dead at the scene. The other person was taken to a hospital in critical condition but died late Saturday evening.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the deceased as 26-year-old Jaquareous Rashawn Tyreik Mitchell and 29-year-old Jimmy Jermaine Thomas Jr.
People who live near 34th and Emerson said violence has been a constant problem at this gas station. On April 17, a person who had been shot on 30th Street drove there. He later died.
Now, some people said they have started to be much more cautious.
"I don't go to this gas station at nighttime. You never know what you're going to get. Somebody going to take your car, take your money, take your life," Les Watts said. "Each one of these gas stations, there's been something happening over the past month. This is the third one. It's sad. It's sickening really. People don't have a heart."
"It's sad. A lot of these young people getting killed today think it's a video game. You can't start your life over. When it's over, it's over. Senseless murders going on around here," Watts added.
Detectives think there could be more to the story. That's why they put out a specific message to the shooter.
"We want to make a plea to the individual is involved in this: The detectives believe that individual might have a story to tell and may want to speak with detectives. If they do want to speak with detectives, they can do so by calling the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475," an IMPD spokesperson said.
But neighbors fear the troubling trend here will be tough to stop.
"No matter how much you put into the system to curb crime, there's nothing that's going to happen because people are going to do what they want to do," Watts said.
Others who have information are asked to contact Det. Jose Torres at 317-327-3475 or Jose.Torres@indy.gov.