Arrests made in connection to July 3 homicide on Indianapolis' northwest side

Caroline Beck, Indianapolis Star
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Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responds to a shooting death on the city's northwest side Sunday morning.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responds to a shooting death on the city's northwest side Sunday morning.

Update: This article was updated Aug. 5, 2022 with information about two people arrested in this case.

Two people have been arrested in the shooting death of 31-year-old Medhat Saad on July 3.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded shortly before 7:30 a.m. to a shooting at the 7000 block of Bretton Wood Drive near 71st Street and Michigan Road.

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Saad was pronounced dead at the scene.

Stephen Cartwright, 42, and Madison Fowler, 21, were arrested in connection to Saad's slaying, IMPD said in a news release Friday. They were arrested in Warsaw, Indiana, which is roughly 130 miles north of Indianapolis.

IMPD Public Information Officer William Young described the neighborhood in the hours after the shooting as being a "fairly quiet."

The front door glass window at the residence of the shooting was partially broken. Young said it's too early in the investigation to know if a break-in was involved with the shooting.

IMPD is asking that anyone with additional information about this shooting contact Detective Brad Nuetzman at IMPD's Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email him at Brad.Nuetzman@indy.gov.

This is an ongoing investigation and information subject to change. This story will be updated.

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