Two men arrested after shooting near I-69 & I-465

Submitted by Indiana State Police

Two men have been arrested for their alleged role in an interstate shooting on Saturday, April 25 near Interstate 69 and Interstate 465 on the northeast side of Indianapolis.

At approximately 1:17 p.m. Indiana State Police Dispatchers received a 911 call from a victim indicating she had been shot at by a man in another vehicle on I-465.

Detectives were able to use Flock traffic cameras and other investigative means to identify the suspect vehicle and subsequently the two suspects. The temporary license plate on the vehicle was registered to a different vehicle. On Monday, April 27, detectives got information that the suspect vehicle, a grey Ford Escape, with the same false temporary plate was pulled over by the Lawrence Police Department. The driver was detained for not having a driver’s license. He was transported to the Indiana State Police Post for follow-up investigation in reference to the shooting.

Detectives interviewed the man, Hector Galves Flores. Detectives later identified and detained a man who they believe was the passenger in the Ford Escape during the shooting and was responsible for firing the shots; that man was identified as Lester Yair Ramos Posadas, 19. On Tuesday, April 28, he was taken into custody at an apartment on east 40th Street in Indianapolis by member of the Indiana State Police SWAT Team.

Both men were arrested and preliminarily charged with criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and intimidation. Posadas was also wanted on an unrelated federal arrest warrant.

The charges listed are preliminary; formal charges will be determined by the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office upon review of the case. Both men are being held in the Marion County Jail.

All crimes mentioned are alleged and all suspects are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in court.