Indianapolis, IN
‘Mass chaos’: 2 shot, including teen, after suspect opens fire inside Indianapolis gym
In what police called mass chaos, a person entered a busy gym in Indianapolis Wednesday night and opened fire inside, injuring two people, including a teenager.
The shooting took place just before 8:30 p.m. inside VASA Fitness on the city’s west side, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said.
The business is located just west of Interstate 465 about 9 miles northwest of downtown.
Officers were initially dispatched to the gym for reports of an active shooter, police spokesperson Officer Samone Burris told USA TODAY Wednesday.
People were exiting the gym as officers arrived and the remaining of the gym was searched, evacuated and cleared, Burris said.
“It turned out to be two people shot and not an active shooter,” Burris said.
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‘Mass chaos’
Police Capt. Mark McCardia said hundreds of people were inside the gym when gunfire broke out and described the scene as “mass chaos” to reporters Tuesday night.
Burris said the shooting suspect entered the gym using its front door, opened fire and then fled the business using the same front door.
Arriving officers found a man and a teenager suffering from gunshot wounds.
The gym is in a busy commercial area near Target and other restaurants.
Gym shooting victims taken to hospital
Both male shooting victims were awake and breathing when they left the scene to be transported to a hospital, Burris said.
Their conditions were not immediately known Wednesday morning.
No other injuries were reported, police said.
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Gym shooting suspect still at large
As of Wednesday, the shooting suspect remained at large but Burris said there was no pending danger to the community.
Detectives were working to interview witnesses to get a description of the shooter as the case remained under investigation.
Burris said it was too early to say if it was targeted, but preliminary information shows some sort of disturbance took place at the gym before the shooting took place.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Indianapolis police.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The state championship bracket for Indiana high school baseball has been set, with eight teams preparing for the chance of bringing home a state title.
A total of four state title games will be played between Friday, June 19th, and Saturday, June 20th. Classes 1A and 3A will play on Friday, and classes 2A and 4A will compete on Saturday.
All state championship games will be played at Victory Field, the home of the Indianapolis Indians.
The state championship matchups and times are as follows.
Friday, June 19th:
Class 3A state championship: 4:30 p.m. ET
- Guerin Catholic (27-3-1) vs Andrean (30-3)
Class 1A state championship: 8 p.m. ET
- Northeast Dubois (23-5) vs Kouts (31-1)
Saturday, June 20th:
Class 2A state championship: 4:30 p.m. ET
- Evansville Mater Dei (29-3) vs Bluffton (19-10)
Class 4A state championship: 8:00 p.m. ET
- Bloomington South (25-6) vs Lake Central (27-8)
INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — Thousands of people ventured to Military Park in Indianapolis Saturday for the 2026 Indy Pride Festival, including members of the LGBTQ community and their allies.
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John-Michael Riggs, of Tennessee, travels to several pride festivals across the country each year. He said they are important because “it gives people the confidence to be who they are, to show you can go out in public and still not be hated upon.”
Erika Holland-Lesch, who came to the festival with her wife, said, “Pride means everything. It literally feels like Christmas for our community… You feel supported, you feel accepted.”
Chris Bultman said it’s the sixth time he’s attended the Indy Pride Fest.
“It’s really important for me that my friends, my family, feel really valued in this city,” he said. “We show up for pride because pride matters to our city.”
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For Rikki Wydra, it was her fifth Indy Pride Fest. She said this year’s festival seems bigger to her than in previous years, and she takes that as a sign that support for the LGBTQ community is growing in Indiana.
“You’ll never get any free expression like this any other time of the year in Indiana,” she said. “The vibe is the best.”
The festival came as Indiana Governor Mike Braun proclaimed June as Nuclear Family Month, defining the family as a husband, a wife, and children, causing backlash in Indiana’s LGBTQ community.
“That is absolutely ridiculous,” said Stefonya Shirhall. “This month is fully for the gay community as a whole. We have went through so much to get here and it is amazing to celebrate it.”
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Festival attendees proudly sported creative costumes, wore rainbow clothing, held rainbow flags, and even cooled down with rainbow fans, keeping vendors busy, like Freddy Reed, who has a business selling pride-themed merchandise.
“I do Pride every weekend in a different city,” Reed said. “It’s amazing. Every town we go to, the people are so happy, they have fun. There’s never fights. Everyone’s nice.”
The positive, festive energy at Indy Pride Fest worked in tandem with the seriousness of the cause of standing up for LGBTQ rights.
“It’s important for people, if part of the LGBTQ community, to attend these because of visibility,” Riggs said. “We need to be seen, we need to be recognized and we need to be celebrated. it’s also important for our allies to attend these events to… uphold and uplift the community and to make us feel like a community at large”
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana Fever are now tied for the longest winning streak of the season after Saturday night’s win against the Connecticut Sun.
Indiana took down the Sun, 85-75, to mark the Fever’s third straight win.
Caitlin Clark had an impressive night on the offensive end. Clark had 25 points and knocked down five three-pointers in Indiana’s double-digit win.
Fever center Aliyah Boston also had a productive showing. The fourth-year Fever center recorded a double-double with her 13-point and 11-rebound performance. Saturday marked Boston’s third consecutive game with a double-double, and it’s her fourth this season.
The Fever committed 17 turnovers on Saturday, compared to the Sun’s nine. The difference, though, is that Indiana scored 25 points off turnovers to the Sun’s 14 points.
Indiana improves to 8-5 on the season and looks ahead to a home matchup against the Toronto Tempo at 7:00 p.m. this Tuesday, June 16th.
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