Indy Man Shot, Killed at East Side Motel
INDIANAPOLIS — A man is dead after a shooting Monday night at an east-side motel.
IMPD officers were called around 7:37 p.m. to the 6800 block of East 21st Street, where they found 28-year-old Sheldon LaQuan Roberts with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say two people were detained but later released.
Investigators believe two or more people were on a rear balcony at the Budget 8 Inn when shots were fired. Police have not said what led to the shooting.
A separate shooting happened just minutes earlier less than two miles away on Village Plaza South Drive. A man was critically injured.
Anyone with information or surveillance video is asked to contact IMPD or Crime Stoppers.
