A person was shot on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis late Sunday night, and police say the victim is stable, though no suspect, motive, or further details have been released as the investigation continues.
According to WISH-TV, officers were called to the 100 block of Monument Circle at approximately 10:18 p.m. on a report of a person shot. A separate search snippet from WTHR put the timing at around 10:15 p.m., a small discrepancy in an otherwise still-developing account of the night.
Arriving officers found a person with injuries consistent with a gunshot wound, the station reported. Police said the person is stable, but no other information was immediately shared about what led up to the shooting or who may have been involved.
Few Details Released So Far
As of publication, police had no suspect in custody and had not described a motive for the shooting. The station's report notes that no other information was immediately shared by police, leaving much of what happened on the Circle Sunday night still unclear.
Monument Circle, the landmark traffic circle that rings the Soldiers and Sailors Monument at the heart of downtown Indianapolis, has seen gunfire before. In June 2025, at least three people were injured in a shooting early one Monday morning on the Circle, per the same outlet's earlier coverage, with police locating two men and a woman who suffered gunshot wounds and were described as stable when taken to area hospitals.
A Separate Downtown Shootout Led to Charges
Just south of Monument Circle, a separate shooting in November 2025 led to criminal charges against three men, according to FOX59. That shootout damaged multiple cars and buildings near Meridian and Washington streets, the station reported, and surveillance video allegedly showed Chris Ward Junior firing the first shots, with Michael Price and Deandre Flynn accused of returning fire from across the street. The shootout and Sunday's shooting were separate incidents.
Shootings Down Sharply Across Indianapolis in 2026
Sunday's incident comes as IMPD has reported a significant drop in non-fatal shootings citywide this year. So far in 2026, the department has logged 185 non-fatal shootings involving 214 victims, compared with 289 incidents and 345 victims at the same point in 2025, according to WIBC — a 38% year-over-year decline that the department says reflects a five-year downward trend in non-fatal shootings since 2022.
IMPD Deputy Chief of Investigations Kendale Adams told the station the department has also reported a 40% clearance rate for non-fatal shootings, well above the roughly 25% national average. Adams said the overall decline in violence has given detectives more time to work cases involving repeat offenders. The available evidence does not establish any link between that citywide trend and Sunday's shooting on Monument Circle.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS (8477). This remains a developing story, and Hoodline will update as IMPD releases more information.
