The AP said the neighborhood is known for its nightlife, I say it’s a gun-free zone since concealed carriers are not allowed to bring their guns to establishments that serve alcohol (in Chattanooga you can, but you’re not able to drink, and you must respect the gun-free sign if the owner posts it).
7 People Injured in Indianapolis Shooting
Seven people were shot and injured early Saturday morning in an Indianapolis neighborhood known for its nightlife, police said.An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer heard multiple gunshots at 2:23 a.m. Saturday in Broad Ripple, police spokesman Lt. Christopher Bailey said in a news release.
One man is in critical condition at a local hospital, Bailey said. Five other men and a woman also were shot, but do not have life-threatening injuries.
“I’ve been told there were quite a few people out … on a typical Friday night, bouncing from bar to bar. Someone opens fire in a crowd like that, we’re lucky more weren’t hurt,” Bailey said at a news conference early Saturday morning.
No one has been arrested in the shooting and a motive for the shooting isn’t known, Bailey said. Police are interviewing the victims and investigating the scene.
Broad Ripple is a neighborhood about 8 miles north of downtown Indianapolis that’s bustling with bars and restaurants, and is a popular spot with college students and other young people. The shooting happened about a half-hour before the bars were to close at 3 a.m.
Bradley Knight, who lives in the area, witnessed the aftermath of the shooting.
“I heard a lot of people run inside really quick and I ran out to see what was going on and then somebody said somebody started firing off shots so we walked around the corner to see what was going on and there were like people stampeding out and just fire trucks and ambulances and like 20 cops’ cars came just rushing in. It was pretty intense,” Knight told WTHR-TV.
The shooting is the latest in a violent year for Indianapolis, which is on track to rival its record of 162 homicides, set in 1998. Though gun violence and related deaths are declining in large cities such as Chicago and New York, Indianapolis is ranked 22nd on the FBI’s list of deadliest cities.
Carrie Baker, a part-time worker at a watch and jewelry repair shop on the street where the shooting took place, said police were looking late Saturday morning for a bullet that pierced the building.
“It’s still definitely scary,” she told The Indianapolis Star.
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/people-injured-indianapolis-shooting-24436337
You should check your facts on Indiana gun law. There is no prohibition in Indiana against entering a bar or consuming alcohol while carrying a firearm. Also, this incident apparently happened outside where there is no prohibition at all. For all practical purposes, the only gun free zones in Indiana are schools, the Indiana State Fair, and federal offices (federal law). Pretty much any place else is fair game other than the obvious jails, etc. My understanding is that the no gun signs are meaningless from a legal standpoint. Though you must leave private property if you are requested to do so. After 7/1/14, you can even leave a loaded firearm in your car on school property as long as the car is locked and the firearm is out of sight.
Are you sure about that? Drinking alcohol while carrying a gun violates the law in Tennessee. In fact, the reason we can enter an establishment with a gun (as long as there’s no gun ban sign) is because the law expects we don’t drink alcohol, the assumption being that drunk people do bad things.
Leaving your gun in the car won’t protect you when you’re outside the car, thus the area is a de-facto “gun-free zone ” for the good guys. Look at it this way, I went to the movies yesterday, I left my gun in the car. That means I can’t protect myself or anyone else if something bad happens.
Yes. Though there is a prohibition against giving a firearm to someone who is drunk.