By GREGG MONTGOMERY
WISH-TV
Police say a 16-year-old boy was shot by another 16-year-old boy Friday night during a high school football game at a west-side stadium.
The injured teen was taken to a hospital and was stable, police said. The other teen was in police custody.
Carmel was playing at the stadium at Ben Davis High School, and the game was airing live on MyINDY-TV 23, WISH-TV’s sister station. The shots rang out in the fourth quarter of the game.
As shots were heard, players scrambled from the field, and fans were evacuated. The remainder of the game was canceled.
IMPD said school police chased the suspect as he ran away after the shooting but caught him near the school.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department dispatch information at 9:24 p.m. Friday showed a report of shots fired from the high school, 1200 N. Girls School Road. At least two ambulances from Wayne Township Fire Department were sent to the school at 9:27 p.m. Friday. About a half-hour after the shooting, the football field was surrounded by several ambulances and at least a dozen police cars.
About an hour after the shooting, yellow police tape surrounded an area with shell casings and a few police officers were stationed outside an entrance to the stadium near a ticket office. That’s where the shooting happened.
Kevin Ratterman, a News 8 photographer at the game, said shots rang out from near the visitors’ bleachers. Both teams sprinted off the field shortly afterward.
Greg Rakestraw, vice president of ISC Sports Network, said he heard shots on the southeast corner of the football field. After the shooting, teams ran to their locker rooms, where they were confined, Rakestraw said.
Jim Inskeep, the athletics director at Carmel Clay High School, noted that Ben Davis gives checks with metal detectors for people entering its stadium.
Inskeep said the game was called, with Carmel winning 35-21. He later tweeted the team was headed back to Carmel.
