Police ID man slain in Downtown lot

UPDATE WEDNESDAY 4:17 p.m.: The Marion County coroner's office released more information Wednesday afternoon, ruling the death a homicide and noting the victim died with gunshot wounds to his head.

UPDATE WEDNESDAY 11:40 A.M.: Police have identified the man who died as Tito McCombs, 62, of Indianapolis.

McCombs was found in a Downtown parking lot bleeding, with a head injury, police said.

EARLIER:

A man died after he was assaulted in a Downtown parking lot early Wednesday morning, police said.

Homicide detectives and crime scene technicians are processing the scene at 9th and Delaware streets.

Police were called to the area around 4:30 a.m. and found a man in his 60s suffering injuries, IMPD Homicide detective Marcus Kennedy said.

The man later died at Eskenazi Hospital.

The nature of the man's injuries was not immediately clear.

The crime scene spanned from the sidewalk in front of an apartment building on 9th Street to a parking lot adjacent to several apartment buildings.

A large pool of blood sat in the sidewalk in front of the building, and reduced to a trickle in the parking lot.

Residents of several buildings near the intersection left for work Wednesday morning, eyeing the police cars with surprise.

Most said they generally felt the Downtown neighborhood was safe.

"I've never had any problems," said 34-year-old Eric Swickard. "But if you live Downtown, you have to expect that stuff happens from time to time."

This story will be updated.