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KOKOMO, Ind. — One person is dead and another is in the hospital after a shooting early Tuesday morning in Kokomo.

Kokomo police were called to a house in the 800 block of N. Ohio Street just after midnight on a report of a shooting in progress.

Officers arrived and found two men that had been shot.

Police found 29-year-old Joshua D. Briscoe dead outside the home. Briscoe had been shot multiple times.

A second man was found inside the house. He had been shot in the head but survived. He was taken to a nearby hospital and was eventually flown to an Indianapolis hospital for treatment.

As a result of their investigation, police arrested 38-year-old Zachary Thomas for murder. He was taken to the Howard County Criminal Justice Center.

Police have not said what led to the shooting.

Anyone with information on the shootings is asked to call Captain Mike Banush at (765) 456-7278 or the Kokomo Police Department Hotline at (765) 456-7017. Tips may also be left anonymously by contacting Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 1-800-262-TIPS.