Police arrest juvenile found with stolen gun in downtown Indy

INDIANAPOLIS – Police seized a stolen gun from a juvenile on the downtown canal over the weekend.

Based on the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Division, officers with IMPD Particular Occasions and Downtown District labored collectively to patrol areas close to the canal, together with the Colts playground, bar district and close by parking heaps.

The realm has been the main target of elevated scrutiny since 4 folks had been shot on Could 11.

On June 4, officers seen a big group of juveniles carrying handguns in plain view. When officers tried to contact the kids, they scattered southbound to attempt to get away.

Police arrange a fringe and positioned a 16-year-old in an alley within the 500 block of N. Senate Avenue. They detained the teenager, who was within the possession of a gun that police later decided had been stolen.

Police recognized different people from the group. Nevertheless, they weren’t in possession of further weapons.

IMPD did discover one other firearm close by, nevertheless, after a ballistics K9 officer got here throughout a gun within the 600 block of N. Senate Avenue.