Posted on 08/10/2015 4:25:35 AM PDT by digger48
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — One suspect is dead and police are looking for multiple others following a police involved shooting on the city’s northeast side Sunday night.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said the shooting happened just after 11:00 pm. They said officers noticed a car near East 30th Street and North Chester Avenue that matched the description of a vehicle that had been carjacked. Police say the carjacking happened in the 3100 block of Thompkins Square Court earlier that evening.
Officers say the suspects inside the car were seen shooting at people when they stole the car.
Investigators say officers first followed the car at a safe distance. The car turned down a dead end near 34th and Butler Avenue, and that’s when they say the driver accelerated and tried to do a U-turn. Officers then attempted to stop the car, when the driver rammed a police vehicle on the driver’s side. Multiple passengers then exited the car and ran westbound.
Police say the driver refused to exit the vehicle and almost hit an officer with the car. They said the suspect began turning the wheel of the car toward the officers and accelerated. At that time officers fired their weapons at the driver, according to IMPD.
They say the suspect then got out of the car armed with a gun and collapsed by the driver’s side door. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
IMPD is still looking for the other passengers.
A spokesperson said three officers were involved. They are believed to be veterans of the department.
The officers involved will be placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. This is a standard IMPD procedure following a police involved shooting.
Officials say if you have any information on the passengers who ran from the scene, call Crime Stoppers at 262-TIPS.
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