INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating after a man was found shot to death on the northeast side of the city late Wednesday night.

Police said the shooting happened just before midnight near 15th Street and Gladstone Avenue.

A 48-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say the man answered a knock at the door and was “immediately shot and killed.”

IMPD has not provided the man’s name or a suspect description.

This shooting marked the 145th murder of the year, topping 2015’s all-time high of 144 to become the deadliest year on record in Indianapolis.

Source: WTHR