20 Teenagers Detained, 22 Gunshots Fired At Home In Fountain Square

Source: WISH-TV / WISH-TV

INDIANAPOLIS — Several teenagers are being held for questioning after gunshots were heard at a home in Fountain Square

Police received several calls of multiple shots fired around 1:20 a.m. Thursday at a house that is a short-term rental property on Spruce Street near Pleasant Street in Fountain Square.

IMPD Capt. Arvin says one caller told a dispatcher they heard 22 gunshots and saw people running from the scene. Investigators believe the house on Spruce Street is a short-term rental.

Arvin said officers arriving at the residence saw people running and caught one of them.

Police then escorted just over 20 teenagers and young adults out of the house. Officers confiscated 9 guns from them along with a “machine gun switch” and a drum magazine with up to 50 rounds of ammunition

IMPD did not say if anyone was injured.

The people caught inside or near the house were taken to an IndyGo bus brought to the scene to keep them warm. Arvin says one juvenile was picked up by their parents at the scene and everyone else on the bus was taken for questioning.

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