A gunman entered the Greenwood Park Mall with a rifle and several magazines of ammunition and began firing in the food court. Ison stated, a 22-year-old man from nearby Bartholomew County who was legally carrying a firearm at the mall shot and killed the gunman.
According to Ison, four of those hit by gunfire were females and one was male. He didn’t know the gender or age of those who were killed right away. He also stated that one of the two injured was a 12-year-old girl, both of whom are in stable condition. According to Ison, the man was killed by an armed civilian. He added, four people were killed and two were injured.
Officers arrived at the mall around 6 p.m. after receiving reports of a shooting. Authorities are searching the mall for any additional victims, but the shooting appears to have been limited to the food court.
According to Ison, police confiscated a suspicious backpack found in a bathroom near the food court.
“The real hero of the day is the citizen that was lawfully carrying a firearm in that food court and was able to stop the shooter almost as soon as he began,” Ison said.
The mass shooting was not the first to frighten Americans in 2022. In recent months, Highland Park, Illinois, schools, churches, grocery stores, and a July Fourth parade have all become killing grounds. Nonetheless, the reality of America’s staggering murder rate is often more clearly visible in individual deaths that rarely make the news.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and several other agencies are assisting with the investigation. “We are sickened by yet another type of incident like this in our country,” said Indianapolis Assistant Chief of Police Chris Bailey.
According to Bailey, there is no active threat in the area. Greenwood, a south suburb of Indianapolis, has a population of around 60,000 people. “Prayers to the victims and our first responders,” Mayor Mark Myers asked.
“This tragedy hits at the core of our community,” said Myers in a statement.
