East side shooting leaves man dead

Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were dispatched at 1:14 a.m. to the 6200 block of Eastridge Drive. They found a man who’d been shot outside the residence.

Police said he was taken to an area hospital in critical condition, where he later died. IMPD said the circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation.

The Marion County Coroner’s Office is assisting in determining the exact manner and cause of death. The MCCO will release the name of the decedent once proper next-of-kin notification has been made.

IMPD is asking that anyone with information about this incident should call Detective Sara Didandeh at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or e-mail the detective at Sara.Didandeh@indy.gov, or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.