A person was shot Saturday afternoon at an apartment complex on Indianapolis's northeast side. Officers were dispatched shortly after 4 p.m. to the 2800 block of Anna Lane after a report of a person shot, and found one person with injuries consistent with a gunshot wound. The victim was reported in stable condition.
The shooting happened at Fall Creek View Apartments, off East 45th Street, according to the WISH-TV report that first detailed Saturday's incident. The complex sits in the Millersville neighborhood near the intersection of East 46th Street and Binford Boulevard, a major commercial and commuter corridor on the city's northeast side, as WTHR has reported. IMPD has not released additional details about what led to the shooting.
A Block With a Troubled History
Saturday's shooting is not the first time gunfire has struck this exact stretch of Anna Lane. In April 2024, a shooting in the same block left a victim in stable condition and led to the arrest of a 51-year-old woman on battery with a deadly weapon charges, after police received public tips that helped identify her two days later, per the same WTHR account. The block's violent history runs even further back: Brianna Coleman was killed on Anna Lane in December 2017.
The 2800 block of Anna Lane falls within IMPD's Northeast District, which operates out of headquarters at 3120 East 30th Street and covers roughly 189,000 residents across 71 square miles of the city's north and near-northeast corridors, according to Indiana 211. It remains unclear whether any persons of interest have been detained in connection with Saturday's shooting, and open questions also remain about the motive and how property management at Fall Creek View Apartments is responding to the recurring violence.
Citywide Homicide Trends
Looking further back, criminal homicides in Indianapolis fell nearly 45% between 2021 and 2025, dropping from a record 241 deaths to 133, per WFYI, which reported that IMPD officials credited targeted violence intervention programs and the Indiana Crime Guns Task Force.
How Residents Can Help
IMPD has shared no additional details about Saturday's shooting. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 or through the P3 Tips app, which offers cash rewards of up to $1,000 for information leading to a felony arrest and processes tips without caller ID or call recording.
Hoodline has previously reported on a shooting near IMPD's North District headquarters, part of a pattern of gunfire across the city's northeast side this year.
