At least 30 people shot in Indy over holiday weekend. 5 didn't survive
Five people are dead and 25 more are injured after a staggeringly violent Fourth of July weekend in Indianapolis.
It was 2025's most violent weekend by far, preceded by another record-setting amount of violence just the previous weekend.
"I'm not sure anymore what it's going to take for some in our community to wake up," Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Chris Bailey said after a downtown shooting killed two teens in the early morning hours of July 5.
The city will assist with IMPD's "active enforcement" of a youth curfew downtown in response to a mass shooting that killed two teens, Mayor Joe Hogsett wrote on social media. Under that law, a 16-year-old cannot be unaccompanied in public after 11 p.m. or before 5 a.m. on a weeknight.
Here's what we know about the shootings that took place over the holiday weekend.
July 4, 5:20 a.m.: Police were called to the 3600 block of St. Thomas Lane. Officers who arrived at the scene found a man shot. He was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
July 4, 7:30 p.m.: Officers and park rangers were called to the 7700 block of Lafayette Road on the report of a person shot. When they arrived at that address, which is located in Eagle Creek Park, they found two men on the shoreline of a river with gunshot wounds. Both were taken to a hospital in critical condition, and one man died after arrival.
July 5th, 1:30 a.m.: IMPD was responding to a fight downtown at around 1:30 a.m. when gunshots were heard near the intersection of West Market Street and North Illinois Street. When police arrived on the scene, they found six people shot, several of them teenagers. Another person involved arrived at a local hospital.
A 16-year-old, Xavion Jackson, died at the scene and a 15-year-old, Azareaon S. Cole died after arriving at a hospital for treatment. Five were treated for injuries at area hospitals. Of the survivors, three were adults and two were teens.
Seven were detained for questioning and multiple guns were recovered, officials said.
"I don't know how many times I have to say it," Bailey said. "We are not your children's keepers. You are."
July 5, 3 a.m.: Police were called to a person shot in the 300 block of Peach Tree Lane. Officers who arrived at the scene found two people in stable condition.
July 5, 6:20 a.m.: A person receiving treatment at Eskenazi Hospital was reported to be in stable condition. Police have not released information about the location of the shooting.
July 5, 3 p.m.: IMPD was dispatched to the 1300 block of Fall Creek Parkway East Drive on the report of a person shot. Officers found Dontae Anthony Lewis, 29, dead from a gunshot wound.
Initially, the wound was thought to be self-inflicted, but that possibility was ruled out after further investigation.
July 5, 6 p.m.: Police were called to assist a person shot in the 4000 block of East Michigan Street. The person they found was found in critical condition.
July 6, 12:30 a.m.: IMPD was dispatched to a call of a person shot in the 3800 block of East New York Street. Officers found a person shot in critical condition.
July 6, 12:50 a.m.: IMPD North District officers were called to the 1800 block of Roosevelt Avenue to assist with a person shot. Officers found two men shot on the front porch at that address. Jalen Stephen Williams, 30, was declared dead at the scene, and the other man was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
July 6: Officers responded to IU Health Hospital after a patient with a gunshot wound was treated at the hospital. They were reported to be awake and breathing.
July 6, 3:30 a.m.: Police were called to a person shot in the 8300 block of Southern Springs Drive. The person was in stable condition, an IMPD spokesperson said.
July 6, 5 a.m.: IMPD reported to Eskenazi Hospital after two patients arrived with gunshot wounds. Both were awake and breathing. Police believe the shooting took place in the 2500 block of Producers Lane, on the city's east side.
July 6, 7 p.m.: Police were called to the 2000 block of Olivewood Drive after a person was shot. Officers found a person in stable condition, and a person was detained.
July 6, 8:15 p.m.: Officers were called to the 8000 block of East 36th Street on a report of a person shot. They were reported to be awake and breathing.
July 6, 11:15 p.m.: Police believe two people who arrived at Eskenazi Hospital with gunshot wounds were injured during a robbery in the 1000 block of King Avenue. Both were reported to be in stable condition.
July 7, 12:30 a.m.: Shortly after midnight, police were called to the scene of a person shot in the 2900 block of North Park Avenue. They were reported to be in stable condition.
July 7: Police responded to two people who arrived at Methodist Hospital with gunshot wounds. Both were in stable condition. It's unclear where the shooting took place.
Two additional shootings that took place over the weekend are believed to be self-inflicted, an IMPD spokesperson said. One of those shootings was fatal.
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