Reward offered in deaths of two young kids killed by stray bullets in Indy

Source: 106.7 WTLC / iONEDigital

INDIANAPOLIS — A reward is now being offered for information about the shooting deaths of two young Indianapolis residents.

Indianapolis Ten Point Coalition leader Reverend Charles Harrison announced early Monday morning that a $1,000 reward was being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the deaths of 8-year-old Rodgerick Payne Jr. and 16-year-old Nya Rae Cope.

Detectives are unsure who the target of that bullet was, but they are still hoping to find that person and speak to them.

“We believe there are people out there who absolutely know the details about what happened. We need those people to come forward,” IMPD Detective Chris Edwards said last month. “At least the person who was getting shot at. We don’t care why they were getting shot at, but that person knows who was shooting at them and they know why it happened. We really need those people to come forward and speak to us.”