Indianapolis police have arrested a juvenile suspect in connection to the Adams Street shooting that left five people and an unborn child dead.
Officials with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said the name and photo of the suspect is not being released because the individual is not an adult. It is unclear how old the suspect is.
Investigators do not believe any other suspects were involved.
“Yesterday, we promised swift justice for this heinous act. Today, we delivered on that promise,” IMPD Chief Randal Taylor said in a statement. “While removing the alleged perpetrator of yesterday’s mass murder from our neighborhoods does not bring back the lives senselessly lost, hopefully, it will bring us one step closer to healing as a community.”
Kezzie Childs, 42, Raymond Childs, 42, Elijah Childs, 18, Rita Childs, 13, and Kiara Hawkins, 19, and the unborn child of Hawkins were pronounced dead after being found in a home around 4 a.m. Sunday in the 3500 block of Adams Street.
Investigators were led to the crime scene after making contact with a juvenile male, whose age police didn’t disclose, who was found suffering from gunshot wounds just steps away in the 3300 block of East 36th Street, between Keystone Avenue and Sherman Drive.
It is believed that the boy was wounded in the Adams Street incident. If so, he is the only recorded survivor at this time.
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