INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD says the investigation is still open into the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy at a party in an apartment building on the near north side over the weekend.

According to investigators, they believe it happened during a party inside an apartment at The Grounds, but not in an apartment where someone lives, rather in an apartment that's a short-term rental.

"Security's like one of my top priorities," said resident Riley Watts.

Now, any sense of safety Watts felt in the near north Indianapolis apartment complex he calls home has disappeared.

"I was sleeping. I heard gunshots," Watts said.

He later learned 17-year-old Xavieon Whitlow was shot and killed in the apartment building across the street.

"The tragedy that happened this weekend that could have been avoided c

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