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18-year-old dead, 4 others injured in shooting at Labor Day party

Police say five people were shot Monday morning on the city's northwest side.

INDIANAPOLIS — Deadly violence over the holiday weekend has rocked a near northwest Indianapolis neighborhood that's had some success keeping peace in the streets.

It happened at a house in Butler-Tarkington, which neighbors told 13News has been rented out almost every weekend for parties. Their neighborhood is an area patrolled by the Ten Point Coalition and now the house is on the coalition's radar.

"We're in this neighborhood a couple of days a week," Ten Point Coalition leader Rev. Charles Harrison said. 

That's why no one is more shocked to learn about four men and one woman getting shot during a Labor Day party than Harrison.

"I was really stunned this morning when I got the news that five people had been shot," Harrison said. 

When officers arrived at 38th Street and Graceland Avenue, they found three of the victims. Friends had already rushed two others to the hospital.

One of the victims did not survive. The Marion County Coroner's Office identified him as 18-year-old Anthony Mills.

Witnesses told Harrison the gunfire happened outside after party organizers told uninvited guests to leave. 

Officers recovered shell casings up and down Graceland Avenue.

Harrison was already familiar with the house party location, but didn't expect a violent shooting at the house.

"A couple of weeks ago, I saw two young men on the steps with their phones and I thought they just lived there," Harrison said. 

Harrison believes a social media post about the party may have drawn people to the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood where they worked with police to curb violence.

"That's why we strongly ask people not to do that," Harrison said. "Don't advertise your party on social media because once people come, you have no control over what might happen."

Harrison shared that some of the people who help with the patrols for the Ten Point Coalition have expressed concern for the safety because of the shooting. Harrison told 13News that Ten Point will continue patrolling this area and increase patrols if necessary.

Police are still trying to sort out details about the shooting. 

Anyone with information in this case can call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS and will remain anonymous. All calls are confidential. If your tip leads to an arrest, you could earn up to $1,000 in reward money.

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