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Two people killed in under an hour on east side

Posted at 3:57 PM, Aug 31, 2016
and last updated 2016-09-01 17:00:18-04

INDIANAPOLIS – A person was shot and killed on the northeast side Wednesday – the second fatal shooting in Indianapolis in one hour.

The shooting occurred around 3:30 p.m. on the 3400 block of Sherman  Drive – an area of the city that has seen at least eight other fatal shootings so far this year.

Police arrived to find Michael Johnson, 29, fatally shot.

Police arrested 27-year-old James Holder and preliminarily charged him with murder. Detectives think he shot Johnson after Johnson robbed him.

No other details were immediately available.

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Just a short time earlier, a fight spilled out of a home on the 3700 block of East Market Street, eventually leading to a fatal shooting.

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Officers arrived at that scene to find 22-year-old Deandre Johnson lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the back.

Police said at least one child was home at the time of that shooting.