IMPD: Near east side shooting from April ruled a homicide

INDIANAPOLIS — An investigation has been launched into a shooting that occurred in April was ruled a homicide on Friday.

Previous reporting indicates that officers responded around 7:38 p.m. on April 9 to the 300 block of N. Temple Avenue to investigate a possible person shot. IMPD said at the time that officers arrived and located a man suffering from gunshot wounds. He was later transported to an area hospital for treatment and listed to be in “critical” condition.

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class="wp-block-heading">“This gentleman was definitely targeted”

Detectives learned by speaking with witnesses that the victim was walking in the middle of the street before the shooting occurred. Preliminary information indicated that a person eventually started following the victim in a car. Sometime after the victim started being followed, shots were fired.

IMPD Capt. Don Weilhammer previously told FOX59/CBS4 that detectives believed that this was a coordinated, targeted attack on the victim.

“From what little we’ve gotten so far in this particular case, we feel that this gentleman was definitely targeted,” Weilhammer said during a media briefing. “Like I said, he was walking down the middle of the street and then somebody said, ‘Yeah.’ Somebody was starting to follow him.”

The victim in the case, identified as 24-year-old Wilson Astreide, died on Aug. 10. At that time, the Marion County Coroner’s Office listed his manner of death as pending. On Friday, IMPD confirmed that the coroner’s office has now ruled Astreide’s death a homicide.

As detectives investigated, they uncovered evidence that led to the arrests of two teenagers for their alleged roles in the shooting around a month afterward. IMPD did not specify if the teens had been preliminarily charged in connection with the incident.

IMPD asked anyone with information related to the shooting to contact the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475, Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 or (TIPS) to remain anonymous.