Police say an Indianapolis police officer was shot and seriously wounded and a suspect was critically wounded in a shootout as officers responded to the scene of an automobile crash
Indianapolis - An Indianapolis police officer was shot and seriously injured and a suspect was seriously injured when officers responded to the scene of an automobile accident, police said.
Police said on Monday that the officer was admitted to the hospital in a serious but stable condition after Sunday night's gunfight, while the suspected man was initially hospitalized in a critical condition.
Indianapolis Police said the injured officer is "a year-old officer who was in field training."
That officer and another officer were dispatched at around 10 pm. to the scene of an reported accident. While officers were traveling to the scene, dispatchers were told that a male wearing a red jacket was exposing himself and also that a male in a red vehicle was "acting strange", was intoxicated and reported the accident. was running away from the place.
Police said witnesses directed officers to the red vehicle and officers soon found him and also saw a man in a red jacket in that vehicle.
The two officers got out of their fully marked police vehicle and within seconds he started running away from the male officers, who told him, “Wait. Police,” the police said. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that there was an exchange of gunfire between at least one officer and the suspect.
The officer carrying the gun has been placed on administrative leave, which is standard procedure following such a shootout. It was not clear whether that officer was the one who was shot.
Police said "several officers" were wearing body-worn cameras that were active.