Breaking: Person dies in road rage shooting

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A person died after a road rage shooting Tuesday night on the southeast side of Indianapolis, police say.

The Marion County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday identified the victim as 29-year-old Gavin Dasaur. His death was ruled a homicide.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and Beech Grove Fire Department were sent shortly before 8:25 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a person shot at East Thompson Road and South Emerson Avenue. That’s about a mile south of the I-465 interchange for South Emerson Avenue.

Dasaur was found in the street with a gunshot wound.

Police say the shooting involved two vehicles, and shots fired from a vehicle. The other driver remained at the scene, police say.

IMPD says one person was detained. The person, believed to be the shooter, but was later released, IMPD in a homicide brief sent shortly before 5 a.m. Wednesday.

No arrests have been announced.

Medics had taken Dasaur to the hospital in critical condition before his death.

Anyone with information was asked to contact IMPD Detective Doug Swails at 317-327-3475 or douglas.swails@indy.gov

This story has been updated with new information from the Marion County Coroner’s Office and IMPD.

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