INDIANAPOLIS — A man is dead after what police called an “altercation” on the east side of Indianapolis Monday night.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said officers were dispatched just before 7:50 p.m. to a Marathon gas station at the intersection of East 38th Street and North Mitthoeffer Road on a report of a personal injury accident. Upon arrival, officers found a man uffering from traumatic injuries, and they determined it was not an accident but an altercation between at least two people.

Police said the man was taken to an area hospital and died shortly after arriving.

IMPD Capt. Rob Rider said the suspect fled the scene and that detectives are looking for information on the suspect’s whereabouts. He said anyone with information on the incident is urged to call IMPD Homicide at 317-327-3475.

Police investigate the scene where a man was killed in a fight on the east side of Indianapolis on Oct. 12, 2026 (Taya Carter, WISH-TV)