Early Monday morning, a shooting at an Indianapolis Waffle House restaurant left at least one person dead and five people injured. This incident capped a violent weekend in the United States after a mass shooting at a Kansas City Chiefs celebration for Super Bowl LVIII.
Six individuals were shot at the southside Waffle House at 12.30 in the morning, according to Indianapolis police. It was initially unclear if any victims fired bullets, but investigators claimed the incident started as a disagreement between two groups.
Authorities said that a lady who had been rushed to a hospital in a severe condition had passed away, while three men and one woman were receiving treatment at local hospitals for gunshot wounds.
The coroner’s office has not released the woman’s identity, but according to many friends and family members, she was a well-known and beloved resident of Gary.
With this murder at Waffle House, the city of Indianapolis has now seen 30 homicides in the first half of the year. Continuing at this rate would result in over 200 murders in the town for the sixth consecutive year.
A disturbance escalated into a brawl between two groups of individuals, according to Indianapolis police captain Don Weilhammer. There was a recovery of a firearm. At a nearby hospital, another gun was found in a vehicle.
According to the statement, a sixth person was treated at Methodist Hospital. According to authorities, it is unclear if the victim was transported to the hospital by a citizen or whether he traveled there himself.
Vice President of Public Relations at Waffle House Njeri Boss said they are cooperating fully with the ongoing law enforcement investigation into this incident.
Responding to a domestic violence incident early Sunday morning in Burnsville, Minnesota, two police officers and a firefighter-paramedic were fatally shot, and another officer was wounded.
