Shooting at Indianapolis shopping mall injures 1, prompts police to evacuate shoppers

INDIANAPOLIS — An 18-year-old man allegedly fired shots at an Indianapolis mall Monday evening, wounding one person and prompting officers to evacuate holiday visitors, police said.

The suspect was arrested a few hours after the shooting at Castleton Square Mall on a charge of intimidation with a deadly weapon, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said. The man had not been formally charged as of Tuesday morning, according to online court records.

Police were called to the mall on the city’s northeast side around 8:30 p.m. for reports of shots fired inside. Officers evacuated shoppers from the mall during a busy shopping period two days before Christmas.

“How many families have been put at risk, and how difficult this is for these families, how close the holidays are,” Officer Tommy Thompson told reporters.

Although police initially said no injuries were reported, a man police said was injured in the shooting later arrived at a hospital with injuries consistent with a gunshot wound. His condition was stable, police said.

Police said the shooting at one of the mall’s entrances followed a “dispute” between individuals. The shooting left a bullet hole in a wall and another in an arcade.

The mall has been the scene of several shootings in recent years, including a January 2023 shooting outside the mall killed a teenager and injured a man. Police later arrested a man in that shooting.