3 suspects arrested in deadly Ind. b'day party shooting

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Michael Harris consoles family and friends outside a home in Indianapolis the morning a shooting there, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. A masked man armed with an assault-style rifle fired dozens of shots on a birthday party at the house in an inner-city neighborhood of Indianapolis early Tuesday, killing two people and wounding six before fleeing, police said. Harris said he was upstairs asleep when the gun fire rang out and came downstairs to find his girlfriend dead. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Danese Kenon)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indianapolis police say they have arrested three people on charges related to a shooting that killed two people and injured six others at a birthday party on Aug. 3.

The names of the suspects and other details were not immediately available Tuesday. Police spokesman Lt. Jeff Duhamell said the suspects were in custody.

A masked man armed with an assault-style rifle opened fire Aug. 3 at the birthday gathering on the city’s near west side. The gunfire killed the woman hosting the party and a man who had just arrived.

All of the injured partygoers have been released from hospitals.

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