INDIANAPOLIS — One person died after suffering some kind of traumatic injury on the far east side Thursday morning, an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department spokesman said.
Metropolitan police officers were called to reports of a person down in the 200 block of Shortridge Road shortly after 8:30 a.m., IMPD Lt. Shane Foley said.
They arrived and found the victim had suffered a traumatic injury and died, Foley said.
Foley said the officers followed a trail of blood that led to a unit in an apartment building south of where the victim was found.
The victim was identified as Ousman A. Gasama, 34, by the Marion Country Coroner. Their death was ruled a homicide.
Homicide detectives spoke with people at the scene, Foley said.
On December 1, IMPD announced an arrest in this case.
Police urge anyone with information to contact Detective Ryan Clark at 317.327.3475 or Ryan.Clark@indy.gov; or call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana 317-262-8477 (TIPS).
