Indianapolis: A man is fatally shot near Lucas Oil Stadium, and police ask people to avoid the area as they search for a suspect

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A man was shot near Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis Monday night, officials said, adding that police asked people to stay away from the area as authorities searched for a suspect.
After officers responded to reports of shots fired just before 10 p.m., they found a man wounded on a sidewalk outside the stadium — home of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts — later pronounced dead, Indianapolis police said. said.
Indianapolis police spokesman William Young said investigators had reason to believe a suspect had entered the nearby Indiana Convention Center, so police initially locked down the center and officers began searching for it.
A review of convention center surveillance video eventually showed the suspect entering and then leaving the building, police said. Tweeted late Monday night. “The suspect could not get back inside the building,” police saidAdding that after midnight Lockdown lifted.
No suspects were in custody as of late Monday, Young said. Police did not immediately release the name of the person killed or a description of any suspects.
Details on what led to the shooting were also not immediately available.
Officers were canvassing the area in hopes of speaking with witnesses, Young said.
A street near the stadium was still closed early Tuesday for an investigation, police said said. People have been asked to stay away from the area.
Police did not say where the shooting happened, but Young insisted it did not happen at the stadium or convention center.