FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) is investigating a shooting that left one man dead Tuesday. The shooting also injured a juvenile male, according to police.
Police responded to the 1800 block of Fox Point Trail just before 2 a.m. at the Villa Capri Apartments, off of South Anthony Boulevard. Calls to 911 indicated there were several shots fired and that a person was dead, according to police.
When police and medics arrived, they found the man and child suffering from gunshot wounds. Medics pronounced the man dead at the scene.
Later that day, the Allen County Coroner released the identity of the man found dead, 18-year-old Ayvion Antoine Romel Parker of Fort Wayne. The coroner determined the cause of his death was multiple gunshot wounds, and the manner of death was ruled a homicide.
The juvenile male was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
The FWPD Homicide Unit was called out to investigate, as the shooting remains under investigation.