Saturday July 1, 2017, 12:03 PM
Detectives with both the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department‘s Homicide and Traffic units are awaiting autopsy results to determine how a man die early this morning.
Today (7/1/17) just after 5:00 a.m., officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) were dispatched to the 1400 block of N. Exter Avenue in reference to a person down. EMS personnel arrived a found an unresponsive male down in the roadway and pronounced dead at the scene. The man suffered serve facial trauma. The man was later identified as a 48-year-old man from Indianapolis who may have lived just 6 blocks from the incident scene. The man’s name will not be released until notification of next-of-kin has been verified.
Investigators are awaiting results of an autopsy to determine an exact cause and manner of death; however, both Homicide and Traffic detectives are investigating the circumstances and at this time are considering this a death investigation. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to call Traffic Investigators at 317.327.6549 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317.262.8477 or TIPS. Citizens can also download the mobile P3tips app for Apple or Android phones to submit a mobile tip, or go to www.CrimeTips.org to submit a web tip. You will remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1000 if the information leads to a felony arrest. Only tips submitted directly and anonymously to Crime Stoppers are eligible for these cash rewards. Information given via Crime Stoppers should be considered anonymous.
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SOURCE: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department