Boy shot on bike Saturday evening is 13-years-old

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The boy who was shot while riding his bike Saturday evening has been identified as Aquavion J. Manning, 13, of Fort Wayne.  

Manning was shot just before 10:00 p.m. at the intersection of Boltz and Warsaw Streets.  When officers arrived on scene they found Manning with an apparent gunshot wound.

Paramedics took him to the hospital in serious condition, but his condition was downgraded at the hospital to critical condition. According to Fort Wayne police, his condition as of Monday afternoon was not available.

Investigators said Manning and another juvenile were riding bicycles on Warsaw Street when witnesses say they heard gunshots fired from a dark colored passenger car.  That car was seen driving southbound on Warsaw Street.  Someone living in the area said they saw it turn east on Colerick Street.

Mar Quette lives a couple houses down from where the shooting took place.  He said Manning was shot directly in front of Warsaw Street Baptist Church and heard it happen.

"I was sitting in the car and then it got quiet and out of nowhere we heard four shots," Quette said.  "It happened fast."

Sherryl Tinker lives in the area.  She said it's scary to think something like that happened so close to home.

"I've got a 13-year-old and I worry about my baby because he might be in the wrong place at the wrong time or around the wrong people," Tinker said.  "With the way they’re shooting and killing each other, you don’t even want to let your kids get out the house."

Detectives do not have a motive and no arrests have been made.  Police don't know if Manning was the intended target.

If you have any information on the crime, you're asked to call Crime Stoppers.  You can do so anonymously at (260) 436-STOP.