Police provide update on police shooting in Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A shooter aimed at officers aiding a person with gunshot wounds in a home across the street, leading to an Indianapolis police shooting on Wednesday night, authorities said. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Depar tment responded to a person shot shortly before 8 p.m. in the 1200 block of East Sumner Avenue, which is a residential area. Police told News 8 that they arrived to find a man in the second story of the home with a gunshot wound to the neck. Police say there was another adult in the house, along with two children. Police also found a firearm upstairs. When shots began to be fired at officers from an upstairs window of a nearby home, police returned fire toward the shooter, striking the person. The person was taken to the hospital in serious condition. The man who was initially shot was stable at a hospital. Police say the children were unharmed. Sumner Avenue will be closed in both directions between Harding Street and Bluff Road as they continue their investigation. Police ask for the area to be avoided, with no ongoing threat to public safety. Per protocol, the officer who fired shots at the suspect was placed on administrative leave. That officer was not identified. Detectives are asking anyone with information, video footage, or damage to their home to please call the non-emergency line at 317-327-3811. (Photo Provided by WISH-TV Photographer Blake Williamson) ...read more read less