INDIANAPOLIS – Two men are in jail after an extensive investigation by Indiana State Police detectives determined the men were allegedly responsible for shooting a man on I-65.
On March 17, ISP detectives received information from the Seymour Police Department about a gunshot victim in Seymour, and it was believed the shooting occurred in Indianapolis. An adult male initially reported the incident to Seymour Police, he was suffering from an injury consistent with a gunshot wound and claimed the shooting occurred on I-65 near County Line Road in Indianapolis while he was driving a car. The man was subsequently transported to an area hospital for treatment. When officers checked his vehicle they found damage consistent with several gunshots.
Indiana State Police detectives from the Indianapolis District responded to Seymour and due to the location of the alleged crime, ISP detectives assumed the investigation. Detectives were able to determine the victim’s whereabouts shortly before the reported shooting and through investigative means quickly identified two suspects and a suspect vehicle. Investigators believe a verbal altercation took place at the business, then the two suspects followed the victim in a vehicle as he drove south on I-65. As the victim approached the area of County Line Road on I-65, it is believed occupants of the suspect vehicle pulled along side of him and opened fire, striking the vehicle multiple times and the driver at least once. There was nobody else inside the victim’s vehicle.
Detectives also determined one of the occupants of the suspect’s vehicle used something to cover the license plate before following the victim. With the assistance of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the suspect vehicle and first suspect were located March 19, just after 8 p.m. near the 4000 block Independence Drive in Indianapolis. After an investigative process that included search warrants and interviews, detectives arrested 21 year old Guiver Cruz Juarez of Indianapolis. Detectives continued their investigation to locate the other suspect. Detectives located and arrested 19 year old Alejandro Lopez Rosales March 21, at an apartment on Troy Avenue in Indianapolis with the assistance of ISP SWAT.
Both men were incarcerated at the Marion County jail and face the preliminary charges of attempted murder and criminal recklessness.
