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An Indianapolis police officer fired their weapon while investigating gunshots downtown early Saturday. The suspect and officer were not injured.
According to the police department, officers patrolling downtown heard gunshots about 3:20 a.m. and searched to see where the gunfire was coming from.
Officers located and engaged an individual, at which point an officer involved shooting occurred, stated a news release from the police department.
Police said the suspect got into a vehicle and left the area, and a short pursuit ensued. The chase ended in a crash with vehicles parked in the 800 block of North East Street. The other cars were unoccupied, police said.
Two persons of interest were detained following the pursuit. A firearm was found nearby.
The officer who fired their weapon was wearing a body camera at the time but it did not activate during the investigation, police said.
The police department’s Critical Incident Response Team is investigating the shooting. The agency’s Internal Affairs Unit is also conducting a separate, administrative inquiry into the shooting.
The officer who fired their weapon is on leave, per standard procedure.
The shooting marks the second time this week an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer has fired their weapon. Tuesday, an officer investigating an armed carjacking fatally shot one of the suspects in a neighborhood on the northeast side.
This is the fourth shooting within a month involving Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers.
In mid-April Mayor Joe Hogsett and Bailey announced the Department of Justice would conduct an extensive review of shootings by police after a sharp spike in 2023 when officers were involved in 17 shootings that killed or injured someone. A timeline for when the results of that review would be released hasn’t been provided.
