A welfare check on Indianapolis' south side turned into a death investigation early Saturday after officers found a person stabbed inside a home near the 2300 block of East Banta Road. The person was pronounced dead at the scene, and police say the wounds were consistent with a stabbing.
According to WTHR, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is now investigating the case as a fatal stabbing. Officers were dispatched near the 2300 block of East Banta Road to conduct a welfare check around 2:25 a.m. Saturday, the outlet reports, and found a person reportedly stabbed inside the home once they arrived.
Puncture Wounds Found At The Scene
Police said the victim had puncture wounds consistent with stab wounds and was pronounced dead where officers found them, per the same account. The report does not identify the person who died, and it remains unclear what led up to the welfare check in the first place.
IMPD is asking anyone with information about the case to come forward, either by contacting the department directly or by calling Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS (8477). The station describes its report as developing, with further updates expected as the investigation continues.
A Downtown Stabbing
IMPD also handled a stabbing incident downtown. In that case, officers responded to the intersection of North Pennsylvania Street and East North Street after a report of a person with a knife, according to fox59.com, and found two men with non-life-threatening injuries consistent with trauma.
A man was arrested in connection with that downtown stabbing, with the Marion County Prosecutor's Office set to make the final charging decision, the outlet reported. Police said they believed that incident was isolated and posed no ongoing threat to the public. No such determination has been made public in the Banta Road case, which remains under investigation.
