A child custody feud was at the root of a double shooting that left one man dead and a woman critically injured on the northeast side of Indianapolis, according to court documents.
Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana allows Indianapolis residents to share anonymous tips with law enforcement.His girlfriend was shot in the hand and cheek, and the father of her son was preliminarily charged Tuesday in the deadly shooting, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Hurt initially told investigators he did not go to the woman’s apartment the day of the shooting. Then he told the detective he did visit the apartment but left after no one answered the door, according to the affidavit.The 23-year-old woman injured in the shooting told a detective that Hurt was supposed to bring her son over before the shooting. Hurt arrived at the apartment with another man, who waited outside, but he did not have her son with him, she told police.
The injured woman’s father arrived at the apartment and told investigators his daughter was having an ongoing child custody, visitation and care dispute with Hurt over their son.
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