The Ben Davis-Carmel High School football game was suspended, then called off during the fourth-quarter Friday night when gunshots were clearly heard behind the away bleachers at Ben Davis.
According to IMPD, a 16-year-old boy was shot by another 16-year-old boy at the game. The injured teenager was taken to the hospital, and is stable; the other teenager is in police custody.
“I kind of looked to my right and hoped they were fireworks,” said Greg Rakestraw, who was broadcasting the TV version of the game, talking to WISH-TV.
The gunshots can clearly be heard on the Fan radio broadcast of the game.
IMPD says school police chased the suspect as he ran away from the shooting, but caught him near the school. IMPD dispatch information at 9:24 pm showed reports of shots being fired from the high school. By 9:27 pm, at least two ambulances were sent to the school.
About a half-hour after the shooting, the football field was surrounded by ambulances and at least a dozen police cars. An hour after the shooting, yellow police tape surrounded an area filled with shell casings, where the shooting happened.
Both teams could be seen leaving the field in a hurry shortly after the shots were fired. According to Rakestraw, the teams ran to their locker rooms, where they were secure.
Indy Metro Police said they have located and detained several individuals one being 18-year-old David Tillman for aggravated battery.