The announcement came at a nearly hour-long press conference on July 5, where community leaders discussed a mass shooting between juveniles that occurred hours after a Fourth of July celebration ended downtown,

Two teenage boys were killed in a mass shooting incident that took place early Saturday morning in Indianapolis, according to police. Officers responded to calls of a disturbance around 1:27 a.m. near Washington and Meridian Street when they heard shots fired, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Metropolitan Police Department Chief Chris Bailey said "parents and guardians have got to step up. A kid is dead tonight."