INDIANAPOLIS — A Georgia resident has died after being shot in a “road rage incident” during the Monday night rush hour on I-465 on the south side.
Emergency crews were called to a report of a person shot about 6:05 p.m. Monday on I-465 westbound near the State Road 37 exit. Indiana State Police troopers arrived to find a Hoosier Helper employee from the Indiana Department of Transportation program offering help to the person shot.
The person shot died at an area hospital. State police provided no additional information on the person shot beyond that he or she is from Georgia. The person’s identity was being withheld, police said.
An initial investigation found someone pulled alongside the victim’s vehicle, which was a full-sized white van, and opened fire.
The suspect fled the scene in a newer-model, black Chevrolet Impala or Malibu. The suspect was the sole occupant of the black Chevrolet. Police describe the shooter as a “light-skin black male, with tight dreadlocks and a skinny build.”
Witnesses to the incident are asked to call the Indiana State Police at 317-899-8577 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.
This is the second shooting on I-465 in as many days. A driver was shot Sunday near Shadeland Avenue while driving on the interstate, and was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Police do not believe the two shootings are related.
