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Police say Indianapolis man shot before crashing motorcycle

Posted March 17, 2016 7:00 am

The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Police are investigating the death an Indianapolis man following a motorcycle crash as a homicide after an autopsy revealed he had been shot twice.

Lawrence Police Department Deputy Chief Gary Woodruff tells The Indianapolis Star (http://indy.st/1UjhoNT ) 38-year-old Shawn Green had bullet wounds to the shoulder and torso when he crashed the motorcycle about 2 a.m. Thursday in Lawrence, a suburb of Indianapolis.

Woodruff says Green's death wasn't the result of the crash, but of the gunshot wounds. Police don't know where Green was when he was shot. They don't believe Green was shot while driving.

Woodruff says Green probably didn't realize how seriously he was injured.

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Information from: The Indianapolis Star, http://www.indystar.com

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