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Man shot, killed on north side, 1 in custody

Posted at 5:30 AM, Jul 25, 2016
and last updated 2016-07-25 12:45:07-04

INDIANAPOLIS -- One man was killed early Monday morning in a shooting on Indianapolis' north side.

The shooting happened around 5 a.m., near the intersection of Primrose Avenue and 44th Street.

The victim, 32-year-old Jason Byrd, was shot multiple times and found in a driveway of a house he had been visiting. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

There were people inside the house at the time.

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"It's vicious," Candias Scott-Moore, a neighbor who knew the victim, said. "It's sickening. There's nothing else to say. It's horrible. We have to stop this."

When police arrived at the scene, they found a man who was trying to approach them, who then took off. He was apprehended after a chase near the intersection of 43rd Street and Kingsley Drive. The man was taken into custody for resisting arrest, then taken to Eskenazi Health after suffering from a non life-threatening medical episode. Police are still trying to figure out his connection to the shooting, if any.

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Police haven't haven't found a motive for the shooting yet.

This was the third shooting of the morning. The first two happened at different parts of the city.

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