Nine people shot downtown during Black Expo
Nine people were injured at three shooting scenes near Circle Centre mall Saturday night, shocking people and disrupting traffic in a Downtown full of visitors, including those attending Indiana Black Expo's Summer Celebration.
Seven of the wounded were shot about 9:30 p.m. along Maryland Street, just east of Illinois Street. None of the wounds appeared to be life-threatening, although two people were listed in serious condition at local hospitals, police said. Officers blocked street traffic around that intersection as the investigation began.
A few minutes later, a person in the area of Georgia and Meridian streets suffered a nonlife-threatening gunshot wound, police said.
At 11:33 p.m., another person was shot in the leg at Illinois and Market streets.
None of the shootings occurred at venues hosting Black Expo activities.
Safety concerns were heightened as a Black Expo Teen Bling Concert at Conseco Fieldhouse and a Kids' World, featuring IBE Young Stars, were wrapping up at 10 p.m.
Police were searching late Saturday for the gunmen as some stunned patrons of Downtown restaurants and entertainment venues in the area scattered. Others looked on as police secured the area, and medical personnel began providing emergency aid.
The wounded were taken to Methodist and Wishard Memorial hospitals, police said.
The Expo really should be such an awesome thing, so it upsets me (and this is going to sound wrong in pretty much every way, so I apologize for being blunt) that all the white people I know avoid going downtown for a whole week while Expo is setting up and carrying on.
While those attending the events, speeches, helping with the charities, etc are involved in something wonderful, the people on the streets seem to really thrive upon and enjoy the violence. I'm not one who struggles with racism, but even I had some issues after I was insulted/mocked and followed one year, just for being downtown and not black during the Expo. And it's gotten worse obviously.
I don't know if there is much to be said about this; I just wanted to share.
Nine people were injured at three shooting scenes near Circle Centre mall Saturday night, shocking people and disrupting traffic in a Downtown full of visitors, including those attending Indiana Black Expo's Summer Celebration.
Seven of the wounded were shot about 9:30 p.m. along Maryland Street, just east of Illinois Street. None of the wounds appeared to be life-threatening, although two people were listed in serious condition at local hospitals, police said. Officers blocked street traffic around that intersection as the investigation began.
A few minutes later, a person in the area of Georgia and Meridian streets suffered a nonlife-threatening gunshot wound, police said.
At 11:33 p.m., another person was shot in the leg at Illinois and Market streets.
None of the shootings occurred at venues hosting Black Expo activities.
Safety concerns were heightened as a Black Expo Teen Bling Concert at Conseco Fieldhouse and a Kids' World, featuring IBE Young Stars, were wrapping up at 10 p.m.
Police were searching late Saturday for the gunmen as some stunned patrons of Downtown restaurants and entertainment venues in the area scattered. Others looked on as police secured the area, and medical personnel began providing emergency aid.
The wounded were taken to Methodist and Wishard Memorial hospitals, police said.
The Expo really should be such an awesome thing, so it upsets me (and this is going to sound wrong in pretty much every way, so I apologize for being blunt) that all the white people I know avoid going downtown for a whole week while Expo is setting up and carrying on.
While those attending the events, speeches, helping with the charities, etc are involved in something wonderful, the people on the streets seem to really thrive upon and enjoy the violence. I'm not one who struggles with racism, but even I had some issues after I was insulted/mocked and followed one year, just for being downtown and not black during the Expo. And it's gotten worse obviously.
I don't know if there is much to be said about this; I just wanted to share.
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- 18/07/2010 04:09:27 PM
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Another article states that all the victims were males between ages 10 and 18.
- 18/07/2010 06:18:41 PM
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I lived in Indianapolis for 25 years and the Black Expo should be called the Lawless Expo
- 18/07/2010 07:40:24 PM
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