INDIANAPOLIS — A 35-year-old man has been charged for a deadly Christmas Day shooting that injured five people and killed one on the northeast side of Indianapolis.
Dauzon Garzon, 35, is charged with murder and five counts of battery with a deadly weapon.
On Wednesday, Dec. 25, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to the 6400 block of Meadowlark Drive at 12:30 p.m. on reports of a person shot.
Court documents say officers heard a victim description from dispatch over the radio while on their way. Upon arrival, they located Garzon who matched the suspect description hiding in a bush.
Garzon was taken into custody without further incident. Officers say they noticed blood on his shoes and a laceration above one of his eyes and the side of his face.
Officers located three people who had been shot at the home. A male and female were transported to Methodist Hospital. The female, identified as 37-year-old Ana G. Paredes, died at the hospital.
The third victim found at the home, an adult male, was taken to Eskenazi Hospital.
While detectives were investigating, two more people who had been shot in this incident self-transported themselves to Eskenazi Hospital, police say.
A short time later, police say a sixth person who had been shot was driven by an unknown individual to St. Vincent Hospital.
According to court documents, detectives spoke with Paredes’ boyfriend, who said they were having a party at his house when he got into an argument with the Garzon, which escalated into a physical fight.
Paredes’ boyfriend told detectives the fight was broken up but then Garzon shot him in the back before “shooting everyone.”
Court documents say another witness asked Garzon why he was shooting everyone, to which the suspect responded that he did not know those people.
According to court documents, when speaking with police, Garzon admitted to bringing a loaded gun with him to the party but “could not remember” if he fired it or not due to using cocaine, meth, alcohol and cigarettes.
IMPD Chief Chris Bailey released the following statement following the shooting:
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺’𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺.
Anyone with information about this incident should call Detective Larry Craciunoiu at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317.327.3475 or e-mail the detective at Larry.Craciunoiu@indy.gov.
Alternatively, they can call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317.262.8477 or (TIPS) to remain anonymous.
