Court docs: Indy mom shot convicted child molester during attempted rape of 12

INDIANAPOLIS — A mother reportedly shot a convicted child molester while he allegedly attempted to rape her 12-year-old daughter in an Indianapolis hotel room.

Police initially responded to the Baymont Inn at 3850 Eagle View Dr. on a report of the attempted rape of the girl. They later learned a man had been shot at the hotel.

During the investigation, the girl's grandmother told police a man named Bruce Pierce had been communicating with the 12-year-old online and over the phone. She said Pierce has tried to get the girl to run away with him, according to court documents.

Court records show Pierce pleaded guilty to child molesting in two separate cases, in Hendricks and Morgan counties, in 2016.

The grandmother told police the victim and her sister woke her up May 24 when their mo