Indianapolis police are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital on the city's northeast side Thursday night, as officers continue piecing together what happened near East 40th Street around 10:30 p.m. The victim's condition and the exact circumstances of the shooting remain under investigation, and few details have been made public so far.
According to WTHR, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a shooting on the city's northeast side, with officers responding near the 5300 block of East 40th Street after a report of a person shot. The station reported that officers found one person who had been shot near that location, and that police said the victim was in stable condition. IMPD had not shared further information as of the station's report.
A separate account from WIBC described a northeast-side shooting on Thursday night, Oct. 8, 2026, and placed officers' response at the 4100 block of Edgemere Court, where they found a victim with a gunshot wound, with the incident also located near East 42nd Street and Millersville Road. That outlet reported that the victim's condition had not been released. The WIBC account describes an incident separate from the East 40th Street shooting on Nov. 5, 2026.
No Suspect Information Released
Neither report included details about a suspect or a motive, and IMPD has not released additional information publicly. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS (8477), per WTHR's report.
The shooting comes as IMPD touts a significant year-over-year drop in non-fatal shootings across Indianapolis. WIBC reports that the department has logged 185 non-fatal shootings involving 214 victims so far in 2026, compared with 289 incidents and 345 victims at the same point last year — about a 36% decline in incidents. The outlet noted the numbers reflect a five-year downward trend in non-fatal shootings in the city dating back to 2022.
Clearance Rate Outpaces National Average
IMPD deputy chief of investigations Kendale Adams said the department's clearance rate for non-fatal shootings now stands at 40%, well above the national average of around 25%, per the same WIBC report. The figures were shared separately from Thursday night's shooting but speak to a broader shift in how often these cases get solved in Indianapolis.
Thursday's incident is also not the only recent shooting reported in that part of the city. A separate shooting happened shortly after 4 p.m. on Oct. 17 in the 2800 block of Anna Lane, inside an apartment complex near 46th and Binford, according to a prior WTHR report. This is a developing story, and Hoodline will update it as more details become available.
