Lone Survivor of Family Mass Murder Says Brother Shot Parents and Siblings
On 1/28/21 at 8:20 AM EST
A 15-year-old boy who survived the mass murder of his family inside their Indianapolis home last weekend believes his own brother was the killer.
Xavier Childs was shot alongside his parents and siblings in the early hours of Sunday morning on January 24 in the family home in the northeast of the city.
The teenager managed to escape the massacre but his parents Raymond and Kezzie Childs, both 42, brother Elijah, 18, sister Rita, 13, and Elijah s pregnant girlfriend Kiara Hawkins, 19, were all killed inside the Adams Street house.
5, including pregnant woman, fatally shot in Indiana Share Updated: 10:20 PM EST Jan 24, 2021 Associated Press Justin L. Mack Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department work the scene Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021 in Indianapolis where five people, including a pregnant woman, were shot to death early Sunday inside an Indianapolis home. The pregnant woman who was taken to an area hospital, both she and the unborn child died despite life-saving efforts. SOURCE: Justin L. Mack Share Updated: 10:20 PM EST Jan 24, 2021 Associated Press Five people, including a pregnant woman, were shot to death early Sunday inside an Indianapolis home in an apparent targeted attack, the city’s police chief said, decrying the “mass murder” killings as a “different kind of evil.”The fatal shootings were discovered by police who had been called about 4 a.m. to investigate reports of a person shot on th
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Officials with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department did not release the name and photo of the suspect because the individual is not an adult. It is unclear how old the suspect is.
Investigators said they do not believe any other suspects were involved.
“Yesterday, we promised swift justice for this heinous act. Today, we delivered on that promise, IMPD Chief Randal Taylor said in a statement. While removing the alleged perpetrator of yesterday s mass murder from our neighborhoods does not bring back the lives senselessly lost, hopefully, it will bring us one step closer to healing as a community.