INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Violent Crimes Unit (VCU) detectives have arrested a 19-year-old for the July shooting death of a 16-year-old at a gas station on the city’s far east side.
On July 11, IMPD East District officers responded to a report of a person shot in the 2900 block of North Mitthoeffer Road. That is the location of a BP gas station on the city’s far east side. Officers arrived and rendered aid to the victim, identified as 16-year-old Rodney Ward Jr., until Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services arrived.
Ward Jr. was transported to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead…