Person shot while inside a vehicle on I-465

INDIANAPOLIS – Sunday at approximately 9:48 p.m., Indiana State Police Dispatchers received an emergency call reporting a person being shot on I-465 near the 52.8-mile marker.

Within minutes, Trooper Damon Munn arrived on the scene and found an adult male with an injury consistent with a gunshot wound. Trooper Munn immediately started emergency life-saving aid, including applying a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. IEMS and IFD arrived on the scene and provided further medical care and transported the man to a local hospital in stable condition.

Indiana State Police Detectives are currently investigating this incident. Preliminary information leads investigators to believe this shooting stemmed from a possible road rage incident along I-465. At this time information about a possible suspect or suspect vehicle is still being gathered.

Detectives are asking anyone who was driving along I-465 on the south side of Indianapolis this evening around 9:45 p.m. near Emerson Avenue and may have witnessed this incident, or has a vehicle equipped with a recording device, please contact the Indiana State Police.