FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Fort Wayne Police Department says that a man and woman were taken to the hospital Monday after a shooting on the city’s southeast side of Selkirk Drive.
It happened around 12:30 p.m., near Paul Harding Junior High School. Police think they knew each other and had some kind of argument before the shooting. The man is expected to recover however, the woman was critically injured.
If you have any information police ask you to come forward.
According to a release from FWPD, initial reports indicated only one gunshot was heard, and someone was shot during an argument outside a home. But officers at the scene found two people with gunshot wounds.
The FWPD released the following:
The Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating two individuals being shot in the 6800 block of Selkirk Dr. Officers responded at approximately 12:30 pm to a report of an individual being shot during a verbal altercation. Initially reports indicated only one gunshot was heard.
Officers arrived to locate a female and a male both suffering from a gunshot wound. The exact relationship between the male and female is still being investigated. Officers provided medical aid for both subjects until medical personnel arrived on-scene and took over care. Both subjects were transported to an area hospital. Doctors at the hospital determined the female’s injury was life-threatening while the male’s injury was non-life threatening.
Currently there is no threat to public safety.
Officers and detectives began to canvass the area for evidence and interview witnesses.
Anyone with information about this incident can call the police on the non-emergency line at 260.427.1222, contact Crime Stoppers at 260.436.7867, or submit tips via the P3 app available at P3Tips.com.
The incident remains under investigation by the FWPD Homicide Unit and the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office.
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