Robert King, and Stephanie Wang

IndyStar

An outburst of gunfire on the west side early Saturday morning left one Warren Central High School student dead and two other students seriously wounded in an incident police are still investigating.

The shootings occurred just after midnight in the 5600 block of West 38th Street, near the intersection with Moller Road, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Fatally wounded was Angel Mejia-Alfaro, 17, according to Alfie Ballew, Marion County's deputy coroner. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The other two students who sustained major injuries are Dijon L. Anderson, 18, and Darius Moore, 19, according to a police report.

Details about their wounds are not yet known, but police said in a news release that they were in critical, but stable, condition when taken to Eskenazi Hospital.

Anderson, a senior at the school, has signed a letter of intent to play football at Southern Illinois University.

The 5-11, 170-pound Anderson was a 2016 Super Team member chosen by IndyStar. He had 62 tackles and six interceptions this season.

In the aftermath of the shooting, Warren Township schools issued the following statement:

"As a school community we are saddened to learn of the tragic incident involving our high school students. We extend our heartfelt prayers to the families impacted by this terrible act. As classes at the high school resume on Monday, we will have the appropriate services on hand to counsel our kids."

Mejia-Alfaro's family started a GoFundMe account for funeral expenses. "If you knew Angel you know his smile could cheer your whole day up," the page said.

Sandy Kaur, a Hamilton Southeastern junior who had become friends with Mejia-Alfaro, also described him as "the light of the room" who "just focused on the good things."

He loved soccer and the rapper Gucci Mane, Kaur said in Twitter messages. He missed his grandmother, who recently died and had been "always a shoulder to lean on when he needed it," she added.

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