MARION, Ind. (WANE) — A man was hurt in a shooting in Marion early Wednesday.
It was around 9 a.m. when police and medics were called to the 600 block of East Grant Street on a report of shots fired and a subject down. Officers arrived at the scene to find a male suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg, Marion Police said.
The victim – 42-year-old Odie Sanders – was taken to a local hospital then airlifted to another hospital, police said. He was listed in stable condition.
Police said Sanders was not cooperative with investigators.
After the shooting, the Grant County Sheriff’s Department found a vehicle that was involved in the incident and stopped it on S.R. 9 in Huntington County. Two occupants inside were taken in for questioning, and the black Cadillac was searched.
Inside the car, police reportedly found narcotics.
One of the occupants – 32-year-old Cedrick Carter of Greenwood – was arrested on two felony charges: Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Deliver and Maintaining a Common Nuisance.
No arrests have been made related to the shooting, however.
No other information was released. Marion Police said “the investigation in the shooting is ongoing.”
Anyone with information is asked to call the Marion Police Department Criminal Investigation Division at (765) 668-4417.