16-Year-Old Shot on Indianapolis North Side

Overview

• Police responded to reports just after 7:20 a.m. Wednesday and found a 16-year-old with a gunshot wound near East 64th Street and The Line Urban Flats in the Meridian-Kessler area.
• Officers transported the teen to a hospital in stable condition and he was later released to police custody on a weapons charge.
• Local outlets report investigators have preliminarily called the injury accidental and possibly self-inflicted, a detail first noted after initial on-scene statements.
• Authorities say the teen was uncooperative at the scene, and police arrested a 30-year-old woman on a charge of false reporting in connection with Tuesday and Wednesday morning developments.
• The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department continues an active investigation and has not publicly identified a motive or other suspects, and further forensic and witness findings are pending.