Indianapolis, IN
6-car crash on East 38th Street precedes death of man with gunshot wounds
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A six-car crash along East 38th Street on Friday afternoon preceded the death of a man found with gunshot wounds, Indianapolis police say.
A total of five people were hospitalized after the crash. No names of the people involved had been shared after of 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was called to the disturbance just before 4:50 p.m. Friday in the 10500 block of East 38th Street. That’s in an area with apartments and a church that’s halfway between North Mitthoefer Road and North German Church Road.
While IMPD officers were on the way to the disturbance, they learned of the crash.
About 2 minutes after the initial dispatch, more police were sent to a crash at East 38th Street and North German Church Road.
Police recovered a firearm from the dead man.
Officer Tommy Thompson of IMPD’s public affairs division says investigators are searching for surveillance video from the area.
News 8’s TJ Whitmer contributed to this report.