Two people with gunshot wounds showed up at Community Hospital East on Indianapolis' near east side Saturday afternoon, prompting an investigation that was still active as of the next day. Within minutes, officers were also called to a separate address blocks away, where they found a third person with injuries that detectives would later describe very differently from the first two.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to the hospital around 2:15 p.m. on Saturday after the two gunshot victims arrived seeking treatment, according to Fox59. Investigators believe the shooting that injured them actually unfolded in the 300 block of South Gray Street, also on the near east side, though police have not released what led up to it. WIBC 93.1 FM reported that as of Sunday, police had not established whether the two victims were shot during the same incident, nor had their conditions been made public. Fox59's report, however, stated that IMPD confirmed both victims were in stable condition — an account that conflicts with what WIBC was told.
A Second, Separate Call Blocks Away
About ten minutes after the first call, around 2:25 p.m., officers responded to the 4100 block of Elmont Terrace, where they found another person with injuries consistent with gunshot wounds. IMPD detectives determined that injury was intentional and self-inflicted, and the person remained in critical but stable condition, per the same Fox59 report. Police have not suggested any link between the Gray Street shooting and the Elmont Terrace incident, treating them as separate matters under investigation.
As of publication, IMPD had not released additional information on either case. Police said they are continuing to investigate what happened on Gray Street and who may be responsible, but no further details on suspects or circumstances have emerged.
Part of a Broader Drop in Indianapolis Shootings
The incidents come as Indianapolis continues to see non-fatal shootings decline sharply compared to recent years. IMPD has reported 185 non-fatal shootings involving 214 victims so far in 2026, a 38% decrease from the 289 incidents and 345 victims recorded at the same point in 2025, according to data reported by WIBC. The department has pointed to a five-year downward trend in non-fatal shootings in the city dating back to 2022.
Other crime data from earlier in the year points in the same direction. As of July 6, Indianapolis had recorded 53 homicides, a 20% decrease from the same period in 2025, and 139 non-fatal shooting incidents, down 33% year over year, according to WISH-TV. Overall violent crime in the city was down 29% and property crime had dropped 13.5% as of that same date.
Even amid that broader decline, east side Indianapolis has seen other isolated shootings in recent months. In one separate incident, officers were called to the 1700 block of North Ritter Avenue around 8:06 p.m. and found an adult male shooting victim among a small crowd of people, transporting him to a hospital in critical condition, Fox59 reported. In another unrelated case, two people, including a juvenile, were injured in a shooting on the city's far east side on a Saturday night, per the outlet's reporting. None of those incidents have been tied to Saturday's shooting near Community Hospital East.
