Two women were shot early Sunday morning on Indianapolis's near northeast side, leaving them injured as police continue searching for answers. Officers were called to the 2900 block of Stuart Street just after 3:30 a.m. after a report of a person shot, and found two women suffering from injuries consistent with gunshot wounds.
According to fox59.com, both victims were awake and breathing when officers arrived at the scene. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to the area near Stuart Street and Massachusetts Avenue, where they located the two injured women, as reported by WIBC 93.1 FM. Detectives are now investigating the shooting, though no suspect, weapon, or motive information has been released.
The station's report notes that no additional details have come from investigators, and the case remains open as of Sunday morning. It is the latest in a string of shootings reported on the city's near north and northeast sides in recent months, including a September shooting near East 30th Street and North Guilford Avenue that left one person in stable condition, a case Hoodline previously reported remains unresolved.
A Broader Citywide Decline in Shootings
Sunday's shooting comes even as Indianapolis has posted a sharp drop in non-fatal shootings this year. Per fox59.com's separate reporting on citywide crime data, 214 people had been shot and wounded in Indianapolis in 2026 at the time of that report, a figure that is 131 fewer victims than during the same period in 2025, marking a 38% year-over-year decline. That 2026 tally reflected 185 non-fatal shooting incidents involving 214 victims total.
The decline is part of a longer trend. The outlet's data shows a five-year downward trajectory in non-fatal shooting victims since 2022, when there were nearly 500 victims by the same point in the year. IMPD's clearance rate for non-fatal shootings also stood at 40%, well above the national average of around 25%, according to the same report.
Homicides and Violent Crime Also Trending Down
Other measures of violent crime in Indianapolis have followed a similar pattern through 2026. As of July 6, the city had recorded 53 homicides, down 20% compared with the same period the previous year, according to wishtv.com. Non-fatal shooting incidents were down 33% at that point, with 139 reported, and overall violent crime had fallen 29% compared with the prior year.
Those 2026 numbers follow a similarly steep drop recorded in 2025. Indianapolis logged 133 murders that year, a decrease of nearly 45% from the record 241 murders recorded in 2021, according to wfyi.org. Separately, wibc.com reported that at the same point in 2025, Indianapolis had seen 289 non-fatal shooting incidents involving 345 victims, underscoring how much the numbers have fallen since.
Despite that citywide trend, Sunday's shooting on Stuart Street is a reminder that the near northeast side continues to see sporadic violence. No arrests have been announced, and the investigation remains active as detectives work to piece together what led to the shooting.
