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Woman dead after shooting on east side of Indy

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Posted 12:51 AM, Nov 02, 2022
and last updated 3:29 PM, Nov 04, 2022

INDIANAPOLIS — A woman has died at an Indy area hospital after being shot earlier this evening.

According to IMPD, officers responded to a report of a person shot before 7 p.m. Tuesday in the area of 40th Street and Emerson Avenue.

There they located one person with gunshot wounds. The person was initially listed in critical condition.

The victim was identified as Maxine Congress, 23.

Detective Michael McWhorter is investigating and can be reached at 317.327.3475 or Michael.McWhorter2@indy.gov. Tips can also be provided to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317.262.8477 (TIPS).