Mother speaks out after her 15-year-old son is shot to death at apartment playground

INDIANAPOLIS — The mother of a murdered 15-year-old boy is speaking out and asking for help solving the homicide that took place over the weekend on Indy’s northeast side.

Just after 7 p.m. Saturday, IMPD was called to the playground of an apartment complex in the 3900 block of Rue Rabelais, along Binford Boulevard, and found a 15-year-old shot.

Unfortunately, that teen died on the way to the hospital. The motive for the deadly shooting remains unclear. The victim’s mother said she was at work when the shooting took place.

“It’s nonsense. It’s senseless. My son had his whole life ahead of him and it was taken away. For what?” said the victim’s mother, Brandis Riggins…

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