INDIANAPOLIS — Police in Indianapolis are investigating after a man was shot and killed on the northwest side of Indianapolis Friday night.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to the 4100 block of Shore Drive on reports of a person shot at around 8:30 p.m.
Upon arrival, officers located an adult male suffering from a gunshot injury. The man, identified as 32-year-old Saad Dine Riha, was pronounced dead at the scene.
IMPD says Riha was having a picnic in the area with a group of friends when the suspects approached them. Shots were fired shortly after.
"According to the wife he was shot while talking to his father over the phone and all she heard was shots fired and she saw him on the ground," said Ahmed Alamine, the executive director of the Indianapolis Muslim Community Association.
Alamine didn't know Riha personally, but says he was well known in the Muslim community. He was a generous person both to people in Indianapolis and his home country of Mauritania.
Riha was a truck driver and moved to Indianapolis a few years ago.
"A really great energy guy. Super active. He was always like 'yo guys lets do this, lets go there'," said Yacoub Yadely, Riha's high school friend.
It is unclear if Riha knew the suspects prior to the incident.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact IMPD at 317-327-3475 or submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers at 317-262-8477.
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