A teenager has died after being shot outside a basketball fieldhouse in Fishers on Thursday evening.
On Friday, the Marion County Coroner’s Office said one of the teenagers, Thomas Pearson Jr., 17, died as a result of gunshot wounds.
The Marion County Coroner’s Office is handling the investigation because the teen died in an Indianapolis hospital.
According to Fishers police, Pearson, along with another juvenile, were shot outside Best Choice Fieldhouse, near 116th Street and Interstate 69, just before 10 p.m. Thursday. Police said Pearson and the other minor were getting into a car when they were shot.
The Fishers Police Department is looking for two male suspects in a beige, boxy-style, older-model Toyota.
No other information has been released.
I’m baffled on why the suspects have not been found? This tragic loss of life happened in a crowded , well lit parking lot with security cameras in Fishers!! Several calls to 911 were made describing the vehicle the suspects were in . Furthermore, it appears that the Field House was more concerned about this being an “isolated” incident” and worried about protecting their name ..but I don’t see where any condolences were made to the family. Out of respect that should have been done. I bet if this was an HSE or Fishers high school student suspects would be in custody and condolences from the Field House would have come pouring through. My heart and prayers are with the family of Thomas Pearson, Jr.