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Brownsburg teen arrested in shooting death, car-house crash

A Hendricks County 15-year-old was arrested for involvement in a shooting death discovered after victim's car collided with a home.

Just after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Hendricks County deputies were dispatched to a vehicle collision, where the vehicle had reportedly struck a residence near Eagle Crossing Drive and Memorial Knoll Drie near Brownsburg.  When deputies arrived, they discovered a Honda Civic struck the rear of a house.  

The residents that were inside the home at the time of the crash were not injured. The victim was the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle.  He has been preliminarily identified as an Indianapolis man, age 21, who appeared to sustain a gunshot wound in his torso.  Emergency life-saving efforts were rendered, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.   

The investigation led to a search warrant that was executed about 2 a.m. at a residence on McClain Drive with the assistance of the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team.  The suspect, a 15-year-old male from Brownsburg, was located and taken into custody.  He is preliminarily being held at a juvenile facility for the criminal offenses of murder and dangerous possession of a firearm.  

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