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An early morning Christmas Day mass shooting on the northeast side of Indianapolis left one person dead, according to a press release from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Four others were injured.
Police said they detained one suspect with non-fatal injuries.
When police arrived at the residence on the 6400 block of Meadowlark Drive, they found one woman with gunshot wounds, according to the release. She and a man with injuries took themselves to a nearby hospital.
The woman later died, police said.
IMPD said they believe friends and family members experienced a “disturbance” that soured into the violence.
When police arrived at the house, law enforcement said they encountered a group of four minors in the front room who were uninjured. As they continued to search the residence, they found an adult woman and man who also suffered gunshot wounds.
They found a firearm on the scene.
Law enforcement later identified another person that they believe was also injured at this mass shooting, bringing the total number of injured victims to five, according to police.
IMPD said the incident was not related to another fatal shooting that occurred later in the morning on North Kitley Avenue.
Contact data journalist Zak Cassel at zcassel@wfyi.org.
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