In Indiana, unidentified persons shot a family with children and a pregnant woman

Five people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in Indianapolis in the largest massacre in a decade. Another wounded man survived and is in serious condition, writes CNN.

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Five people and an unborn child were killed Sunday night in a shooting in northeast Indianapolis, police said. The mayor called this incident a “mass murder.”

A juvenile is in critical condition after being shot in the incident, which was "the largest mass shooting in Indianapolis in more than a decade," according to Indianapolis Police Chief Randal Taylor.

IMPD officers responded to a report of a person injured in a shooting at 4 a.m. Upon arrival, police found “a juvenile male with apparent gunshot wounds,” IMPD spokesman Shane Foley told reporters.

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The officers then received information that led them to another house less than a block away, where they found five people, including a pregnant woman, dead with "obvious gunshot wounds."

“Despite all life-saving efforts by medical personnel, neither the girl nor her child survived,” he added. “The youth who was shot is expected to survive.”

Marion County Deputy Chief Coroner Alfarena McGinty identified the victims as Kezzy Childs, 42, Raymond Childs, 42, Elijah Childs, 18, Rita Childs, 13, Kiara Hawkins, 19, and her unborn child.

Although the IMPD investigation is in its early stages, Foley said the multiple shooting "does not seem random."

As of Sunday afternoon, January 24, police said they had no suspects involved in the shooting, but they believe more than one shooter may have been involved.

“This morning, one or more people committed an atrocity in our city,” Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett told reporters. “While we are still learning more about the circumstances that led to this incident, I want to make something clear: what happened this morning was not an act of simple gun violence... It was a mass murder.”

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Hogsett said he is in contact with the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Indiana and the FBI field office in Indianapolis.

“Federal law enforcement will be coming for them as I speak. They will come for them today, they will come for them tonight, they will come for them tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. They’ll come as many times as it takes to find them,” Hogsett added.

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