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Two teens shot and killed on Indy’s east side Monday night

Police say two teenagers were shot and killed Monday night on Indianapolis’ east side.

Officers found the teens on the 8700 block of East 35th Street at about 10 p.m. with gunshot wounds, and they were pronounced dead at the scene.

The case is still under investigation and no suspect information has been released at this time.

Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to contact Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Det. Erika Jones at 317-327-3475 or e-mail Gary.Smith@indy.gov.

Members of the public can also contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 to remain anonymous.

WFYI covers trends in crime and the root causes of and impact of violence throughout the community. We are especially interested in how those trends, causes and impacts interact with the characteristics of race, class, ability, religion, gender and LGBTQ identity.

Katrina Pross is a criminal justice reporter at WFYI and a corps member of Report for America, an initiative of the GroundTruth Project. Katrina joined WFYI in June 2021 following a year-long reporting fellowship at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, where she covered courts and criminal justice. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2020, with degrees in journalism and French. She’s previously held internships at APM Reports, the Star Tribune and a radio station in France. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, reading and travelling.
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