"If you're coming downtown to engage in this lawlessness, you are not welcome," Indianapolis Police Chief Chris Bailey said.

Four teenagers are being criminally charged following a mass shooting that broke out in downtown Indianapolis as Fourth of July celebrations were winding down.

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.