Child shot while traveling in vehicle on I-465 near Emerson Avenue exit

BEECH GROVE, Ind. (WISH) — A child was shot Friday afternoon while traveling in a vehicle going westbound on I-465 near the Emerson Avenue exit, police say.

The child was taken to Riley Children’s Hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. Poilce did not yet share any information on the child’s age or gender.

Sgt. John Perrine of Indiana State Police said the shot was believed to have been fired from another vehicle traveling on I-465 westbound near Emerson about 1:30 p.m. Friday

A few minutes later, a crash happened at South Emerson Avenue and Elmwood Avenue in Beech Grove, just north of the I-465 exit for Emerson Avenue. That crash involved one of the vehicles involved in the shooting, which had exited I-465.

Two people in one of the vehicles in the crash were taken to a hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening.

The child shot was inside one of the vehicles that crashed at Emerson and Elmwood avenues.

Perrine said about 3 p.m. Friday from the crash scene, “At this time, we do have a person of interest in custody, but, again, it’s a very complex investigation, with several scenes right now. We have the scene of the shooting, the crash scene. We have people at the hospitals. We have a lot of information that we’re trying to gather. We don’t have a lot of answers to the questions right now, but we’re working through that as fast as we can.”

The state police sergeant, a spokesman for the Indianapolis district, added that investigators think they have the vehicle from where the shots were fired. He did not know where that vehicle was found.

He called the shooting of the child “heartbreaking.”

“In the grand scheme of things, it shouldn’t have happened.”

An infant in one the vehicles was not injured, but was taken to a hospital to be checked.

Perrine says investigators think they have everyone involved accounted for, and more information will be provided later.

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