One man dead, another arrested after northeast Indianapolis shooting

INDIANAPOLIS — A man is dead after a shooting on the city’s northeast side stemmed from an argument.

Indianapolis Metropolitan police said officers were already patrolling the area of the 6500 block of Allisonville Road when they heard gunshots shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday.

Officers searched for the shooter and potential victims nearby. Multiple residents called 911 and reported hearing several rounds fired quickly. The victim’s girlfriend found officers and informed them that she knew her boyfriend was shot but did not know his location.

After canvassing the area, officers located 31-year-old Derek Desean Host suffering from a gunshot wound in a wooded area of the 6300 block of Brookline Drive. He was taken to Methodist Hospital in critical condition, where he later died.

At 9:28 p.m. Andreus King walked into Community North Hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg after being dropped off by a witness. The witness told detectives that that they had been with King earlier in the evening on Brookline Drive at a house party. During the party, the witness said they heard a loud argument in the parking lot near the residence before shots were fired.

Host’s girlfriend told police that she saw people coming in and out of an apartment that is leased under her name but shared with a family member. She and Host live together with their children in a separate apartment on the same street where the party occurred. Host’s girlfriend told police that a man, believed to be King, came to their front door looking for her family member before becoming argumentative with her.

During the argument, Host told King to back away from his girlfriend before King returned to the second residence. The couple then decided to lock up the apartment where the party had occurred since the family member was not there. King was retrieving his belongings from inside at the same time the couple was locking windows and doors.

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That’s when Host’s girlfriend alleges that King went to his vehicle, pulled out a firearm and started shooting at the couple while they were outside on the porch entryway of the apartment.

Host’s girlfriend told police she jumped into nearby bushes and ran back to her home. She said she grabbed a firearm and returned to the second residence to protect Host. She saw King drive away and began to look for Host, who was missing.

Police located multiple firearms during the investigation. It was not immediately clear how or when King was shot in the leg. King was arrested at the hospital on suspicion of attempted murder.

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