Three Dutch soldiers injured in downtown Indianapolis Saturday morning

INDIANAPOLIS — Three Dutch soldiers were shot early Saturday morning in downtown Indianapolis, according to the Netherlands Ministry of Defense.

In an online statement, the Netherlands Ministry of Defense said the men are from the Commando Corps and were in Indiana on exercise.

The men were training at Muscatatuk Urban Training Center, a premier training facility.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded to the shooting in the area of ​​S. Meridian Street and W. Maryland Street just before 4 am.

The Ministry says the shooting took place in front of the hotel where the soldiers were staying and that the incident happened during the military’s free time.

They decided to visit Indianapolis at the end of their duty day.

IMPD says all three victims are men. Two of the victims are in critical condition and the third is stable, police say.

In a 10:30 am update, IMPD said according to preliminary information, a disturbance occurred between the victims and the suspect(s) before the shooting.

Detectives do not believe this was a random act and that there is no immediate threat to the area.

Anyone with information about this incident should contact Detective Michael Wright at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317.327.3475 or e-mail him at Michael.Wright@indy.gov.

This is the second triple shooting in downtown Indianapolis in the last week. On Sunday, August 21one man died and two others were injured after a shooting in the 900 block of N. Delaware Street.

WRTV Real-Time Editor Michelle Kaufman and ABC News contributed to this report.



Source: www.wrtv.com

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