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Early morning shooting at an Indianapolis bar kills 1 person and injures 5, report says

Proposed legislation would criminalize anyone who gets within 25 feet of a police officer doing their job, after being told to stop.
Proposed legislation would criminalize anyone who gets within 25 feet of a police officer doing their job, after being told to stop.

One person is dead and five others suffered injuries in a shooting at an Indianapolis bar early Saturday morning, according to a news report.

Indianapolis Metro Police Department Commander Matthew Thomas confirmed the death and the injuries to the other victims resulting from the shooting shortly before 1:30 a.m., WXIN-TV reported.

Thomas said five victims were transported by emergency responders to area hospitals and the sixth went to a hospital on their own after the shooting at Landsharks on Broad Ripple Avenue, WXIN reported.

The police did not immediately share the circumstances of the shooting or a description of any suspects and there were no immediate arrests, WXIN reported.