IMPD: 2 high school students involved in east side shooting

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Two high school students were involved in a Friday afternoon shooting that left one of them, a teenager, in critical condition, Indianapolis police say.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was sent to a report of a person shot just before 12:54 p.m. Friday at 2259 Ralston Ave. That’s the address Edna Martin Christian Center, its Leadership and Legacy Center, and KIPP Academy. That’s a few blocks west of the I-70 interchange for Keystone Avenue and Rural Street on the east side of the city.

Officers at the scene told News 8 that a student shot another student in the parking lot of KIPP Indy Legacy High School, 2255 Ralston Ave.

The teen shot was taken to a hospital. No information was immediately available on the teen.

IMPD Lt. Shane Foley called the shooting tragic. He said one person has been detained. The shooting is believed to have been a targeted incident, Foley said.

The KIPP school encompasses kindergarten-Grade 12 for more than 1,500 students. School was dismissed for the day, and evening events have been canceled.