Two teenage boys were killed in a mass shooting incident that took place early Saturday morning in Indianapolis, according to police. Officers responded to calls of a disturbance around 1:27 a.m. near Washington and Meridian Street when they heard shots fired, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Metropolitan Police Department Chief Chris Bailey said "parents and guardians have got to step up. A kid is dead tonight."

Two teenage boys are dead, and five other people under the age of 21 are injured, following a mass shooting in Indianapolis shortly after the city's Fourth of July celebrations.