A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of Dutch soldier Simmie Poetsema, according to Indianapolis police.
Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana allows Indianapolis residents to share anonymous tips with law enforcement.Police have arrested a suspect in connection to the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Dutch soldier, Simmie Poetsema, according to a news release issued Tuesday evening.during a downtown Indianapolis shooting. He was visiting the city on his day off from training at a facility in southeast Indiana, according to a spokesperson for the Royal Netherlands Army.
Police believe a disturbance between the three military members and another person or people led to the shooting, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.On Tuesday, police identified Shamar Duncan, 22, as a suspect in the fatal shooting and arrested him on a preliminary charge of murder.
"Everybody is shocked that this happened,” said Major Mark van de Beek, a spokesperson for the Royal Netherlands Army, on Monday. “We are losing a great colleague and I'm sure everyone at the unit is going to miss him very much. We lost a really good colleague.""They were brought in as soon as we learned there were three colleagues wounded,” van de Beek said. “We flew over the relatives to Indiana for them to be with their loved ones.
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