Woman in critical condition after assault on Indy’s far east side

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A woman is in critical condition after what Indianapolis Metropolitan Police are now calling an assault at a far East side apartment complex.

IMPD says officers were called just before 2:00 a.m. Monday to a unit at the English Village Apartments at English Avenue and South Mitchner Avenue.

An initial email from the police department said that a person had been shot. But a public information officer on the scene said officers found a woman suffering from “trauma” and would not describe what investigators believe was the weapon used. IMPD Capt. Rob Rider did not give a reason for withholding the information, but said that investigators “have an idea of what happened.”

Capt. Rider says a resident at another building in the apartment complex called 911 after a child ran to their residence and told the neighbor “they killed my mom.”

Rider says the woman was in critical condition when taken to a hospital but would not elaborate further on her injuries. “I’m not going to release that information right now. I just can tell you she is suffering from trauma is how we’ll describe it, and she’s in critical condition. (The) child was unharmed, (and) no one else was injured.”

Police did not release any information about a possible suspect nor what may have led to the attack.