DEADLY ‘REVENGE'
A TEEN has been charged with mass murder after allegedly shooting and killing five relatives and an unborn baby following a dispute with his father.
Kezzie Childs, 42, Raymond Childs, 42, Elijah Childs, 18, Rita Childs, 13, and Kiara Hawkins, 19, and Hawkins' unborn child , Indiana, on Sunday.
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According to , following a manhunt the suspect - who has not been named by authorities - was arrested Monday after cops tracked them down to the suburb of Plainfield.
On Tuesday, new details claim the suspect shooter, 17, had allegedly gotten in trouble for leaving his home without permission.
The teen was reprimanded - but then opened fire on multiple members of his family, according to a police report seen by the news station.
The alleged killer's younger brother, who was critically wounded during the violent incident, recalled how he was with his parents downstairs when they heard the first gunshots upstairs and his sister screamed, reports Fox News.
After more shots were fired, the suspect “came down the stairs with a draco gun, a handgun that shoots rifle rounds, and started shooting,’’ the brother allegedly told cops.
Authorities confirmed four victims were declared dead at the scene.
The pregnant woman was rushed to Eskenazi Hospital where she and her unborn child were both pronounced dead.
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Tweeting on Monday, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Chief Randal Taylor said: “Yesterday, we promised swift justice for this heinous act.
"Today, we delivered on that promise.
"While removing the alleged perpetrator of yesterday’s mass murder from our neighborhoods does not bring back the lives senselessly lost, hopefully, it will bring us one step closer to healing as a community.’’
Mayor Joe Hogsett on Sunday decried the tragic shooting in capital, and noted that it brought "terror to our community."
"This morning the city of Indianapolis was targeted with an act of depravity that has become all too common across the country and will never cease to shock the conscience," Hogsett said.
He added: "This morning, one of more individuals perpetrated an act of evil in our city
"What happened this morning was not a simple act of gun violence. What happened this morning was a mass murder."
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The mass shooting was one of a handful of shootings that occured across Indianapolis in the span of less than five hours.
At least seven people were hospitalized in addition to those killed on Adams Street.
According to the Indianapolis Star, Indiana’s largest city recorded 245 homicides in 2020.
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