INDIANAPOLIS – Firefighters and police officers found a man inside a burned out pickup truck after extinguishing a fire on the city’s northeast side Wednesday morning.
Firefighters arrived to put out a fire to a pickup truck in the 3600 block of Dearborn Avenue around 6:30 a.m.
After extinguishing the fire, they found an unresponsive adult male inside the truck suffering from signs of trauma from the fire.
Detectives said they will not know if the victim suffered any other forms of trauma until after an autopsy has been performed. The victim has not been identified.
Investigators said they have not made a connection, but are looking to see if the incident is related to an earlier shooting in the 2700 block of Lullwater Lane.
. @IMPD_News looking to see if man burned in truck on Dearborn is connected 2 morning homicide on Lullwater Ln @rtv6 pic.twitter.com/MrhgfHn0lx
— Mike Pelton (@MikePeltonRTV6) November 30, 2016
This is Indianapolis' seventh death since Sunday.
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TUESDAY
22-year-old found shot to death in northeast-side apartment hallway
25-year-old found dead with gunshot wound in apartment on city's northwest side
SUNDAY
15-year-old shot to death, police say he lured shooter to sleepover with an app
1 dead, 1 injured after Indy northeast side shooting
Shooting kills one on city's east side
If you have any information on this case, contact Crime Stoppers at (317) 262-TIPS.
