Male fatally shot in Marion

MARION, IN- On March 25, 2023 at approximately 2:59 am, officers were dispatched to 1000 block of West 5th Street in Marion Indiana for a report of a shooting. Officers arrived to an apartment to find the victim lying on the kitchen floor suffering from a single gunshot wound to the upper body.
Officers began life saving measures and the victim was transported to Marion Health. The victim was
then transported to a hospital in Ft. Wayne Indiana. Detectives were notified a few hours later that the
victim did not survive his injury. The victim is Walter Carpenter (DOB 7/20/1982) of Marion.
Marion Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division is actively working this case. Anyone with
information may contact detectives at (765) 668-4417, Grant County Dispatch (765) 662-9981, or Grant
County Crime Stoppers at (765) 662-TIPS (8477).