INDIANAPOLIS – A 19-year-old man was being held Saturday on a preliminary charge of murder in the early-morning shooting death of a race fan in a parking lot near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Avory Johnson of Indianapolis was arrested in the death of 25-year-old Max Levine of Kokomo, Speedway Police Lt. Trent Theobald said in a news release.
Marion County Jail spokesman Julio Fernandez said that Johnson is being held without bond on a charge of murder.
Theobald said that Levine was shot in Coke Lot 1 about 2 a.m. An argument preceded the shooting, Theobald told The Indianapolis Star.
The Coke Lot is a popular spot across the street from the speedway, where Indy 500 race fans have set up tents and partied on race weekend for decades.