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13-year-old shot and killed on city's east side (Indy)
wthr ^ | 1:13 PM | Channel 13

Posted on 01/19/2015 10:31:35 AM PST by digger48

INDIANAPOLIS - IMPD officers confirmed that a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed around 2 a.m. Monday near 38th and Post on the city's east side.

Officers responded to a shots fired call in the 3700 block of Decamp Drive. When they arrived, neighbors told them teens knocked on the door and told them someone had been shot. Police found a 13 year old with an apparent gunshot wound on the sidewalk. EMS personnel pronounced the victim dead at the scene.

"It's pathetic," said neighbor Monte Powell. "My son's 13. It just makes no sense. No sense. It's just...it's too much. They need to really start cracking down on a lot of stuff going on around here, you know. More neighborhood watches. Everybody just needs to come together and start doing something about what's going on." Police said at least six shots had been fired at one end of the street. The boy's body was found about six houses down.

He did not live at the home near where he was found.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
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13 year old out at 2AM

There's been something like 6+ shootings in this area (East 38th St) so far this year

1 posted on 01/19/2015 10:31:35 AM PST by digger48
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To: digger48

There’s the first question - why is a 13-year-old out at 2AM?


2 posted on 01/19/2015 10:33:40 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: digger48

A 13 year old out at 2am in that neighborhood was likely a gang banger.


3 posted on 01/19/2015 10:34:27 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: digger48
My first instinctive reaction is - WHY was a 13 year old boy on the streets at 2am? - Where were his parents?
4 posted on 01/19/2015 10:34:35 AM PST by Bearshouse
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To: DuncanWaring
There’s the first question - why is a 13-year-old out at 2AM?

Nowadays I thought the first question was - did a cop shoot him? or how can we blame this on racist police?

5 posted on 01/19/2015 10:36:01 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: DuncanWaring
There’s the first question - why is a 13-year-old out at 2AM?

The midnight basketball game ran into overtime?

6 posted on 01/19/2015 10:39:21 AM PST by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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To: Bearshouse

parent(s)?


7 posted on 01/19/2015 10:40:15 AM PST by digger48
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Many of them don’t have parents, only sperm and egg donors. The female provides the egg and a cacoon for the child to develop in. Otherwise nothing in the way of parenting. Disgusting! By the way, it has nothing to do with skin color. There are non-parents of all colors.


8 posted on 01/19/2015 10:44:55 AM PST by Happy1947
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To: digger48
Police said at least six shots had been fired at one end of the street. The boy's body was found about six houses down.

Wonder "6 houses down" is how far he made it after he was hit? 6 houses away is a long shot at night with what was likely a pistol. Rival gang bangers shooting into a group?

9 posted on 01/19/2015 10:46:35 AM PST by IamConservative (If fighting fire with fire is a good idea, why do the pros use water?)
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To: DuncanWaring

No dad in the family (??)


10 posted on 01/19/2015 10:51:35 AM PST by SkyDancer
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To: digger48

Feral Patriots fans?


11 posted on 01/19/2015 10:53:32 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: digger48

I guess the Indianapolis YUTES were getting an early start on celebrating MLK’s birthday.


12 posted on 01/19/2015 10:57:26 AM PST by House Atreides
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To: Bearshouse

parents? Probably singular. Or maybe an Auntee.


13 posted on 01/19/2015 11:09:14 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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Bet he had a morning paper route.


14 posted on 01/19/2015 11:11:46 AM PST by skimbell
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To: digger48

Yes, just why was any 13 year old doing out at hat time of the night? He should have been home asleep.


15 posted on 01/19/2015 11:38:45 AM PST by MamaB
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They need to really start cracking down on a lot of stuff going on around here, you know

"They" sure do!

With Al Sharpton's War on Cops, "They" need to look in the mirror.

16 posted on 01/19/2015 11:50:19 AM PST by TexasCajun
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Maybe he wanted to get in line for the early viewing of “Selma”?


17 posted on 01/19/2015 11:56:51 AM PST by digger48
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