Indianapolis police are investigating a mass shooting that left five people and the unborn baby of a pregnant woman dead, and a community that degenerated into what the mayor called “an evil.”
Authorities provided little information about the victims or the motive, but said the FBI and federal prosecutors had been warned.
“I want those responsible to know that the full power of local, state and federal law enforcement is coming to them as I speak,” Mayor Joe Hogsett said.
“Come for them today, come for them tonight, tomorrow for them and the day after.”
Police said the massacre took place before 4am on Sunday. Cops were called for a report of a boy with gunshot wounds on the street. When the victim was rushed to the hospital in a critical condition, investigators went to a nearby house where the others were shot dead.
Among those killed was a pregnant woman who was rushed to hospital but she and her unborn child could not be rescued, police said at an afternoon rally.
No motive was given for the worst shooting in the city in more than a decade, but authorities said it was not a random act.
“I want to be very clear about something: What happened this morning was not an act of simple gun violence,” the mayor said. “What happened this morning was a mass murder, a choice of an individual or individuals to bring to justice – and I do not just use those words – for our community.”
While officials pleaded for tips that would lead them to the culprit, Hogsett said police were investigating whether any guns involved in the incident were illegal and would hold the sellers accountable and also arrest anyone who shot or killed the shooter. the shooter houses.
“We will not stop until someone who holds this violent accomplice fully responsible,” he said.