The Indianapolis teenager accused of killing six people at his family, including a pregnant woman and her unborn baby boy, was scolded by his father shortly before the ‘mass murder’, according to a recent report.
According to police and local subsidiary FOX 59, the 17-year-old was in custody after the murder on Sunday morning when he allegedly opened fire on the five people inside. No charges have been announced yet, though it is expected to be on Thursday.
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According to a press release from the Indianapolis Metro Police Department (IMPD), police received a report of a person who was shot just before 4 a.m. Sunday in Indianapolis. Officers arrived to locate a young man – the suspect’s brother – near the home with gunshot wounds, police said.
“They killed my family,” he told FOX 59.
The surviving teenage victim later told investigators the suspect, his brother, was in trouble with his father, who reprimanded him for going somewhere without even asking his parents, according to the report.
The young victim, who was discovered by police on Sunday, showed officers to the house, where they found five people who had been shot dead. Police later identified the victims as Kezzie and Raymond Childs, both 42; Elijah Childs, 18; Rita Childs, 13; and Kiara Hawkins, 19, who was pregnant with a child referred to by police as ‘Baby Boy Hawkins’.
Respondents rushed Kiara Hawkins to a local hospital, but neither she nor the baby could be rescued, police said. The boy who encountered officers outside was also taken to hospital, where he is expected to survive.
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Police have not yet released the name and photo of the suspect.
“While removing the alleged perpetrator of yesterday’s massacre from our neighborhoods does not make lives meaningless, hopefully it will bring us one step closer to healing as a community,” said Randal Taylor, IMPD chief, Said Monday.
“I am grateful to all the IMPD officials and criminal partners who have worked tirelessly for the past 30 hours to bring justice to these victims, their friends and families and our entire community.”
The surviving victim reportedly told detectives he was downstairs with his parents when they heard shots, followed by his sister shouting, “He shot them.” More shots rang out afterwards.
The victim’s brother then ‘came down the stairs with a draco rifle, a pistol that fires rifle rounds’ and started firing’, according to the report.
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When the boy ran out of the house, his brother apparently chased him and fired more shots.
Police later arrested the teenage suspect in Plainfield and he is in custody at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center, FOX 59 reported. He is expected to be charged as an adult.
Fox New’s Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.