INDIANAPOLIS — A homicide investigation is underway after police say they found a body Monday outside a former school building.
IMPD said officers were called just after 9:30 a.m. to a death investigation at 3202 E. 42nd Street, which is the address for the old Edgar H Evans School 11. The former school, which has been closed for more than a decade, is located near the intersection of Lasalle Street and Millersville Road.
Officers arrived to find a man who they said appeared to have been shot. Medics arrived and pronounced him dead at the scene.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the deceased as 44-year-old Jose Mathis Jr. and said he died from his injuries after being shot.
Police have not released further information about the shooting or any possible suspects. However, they did say investigators don't believe there is an active threat to the area.
Anyone with information about this shooting is being asked to contact Det. Michael Condon at the IMPD Homicide Office by either calling 317-327-3475 or emailing Michael.Condon@indy.gov. To remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.
NOTE: This story was updated to reflect the building is a former IPS school and not an abandoned school.
