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IMPD officer in ‘serious but stable’ condition, suspect injured in shooting

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An Indianapolis police officer was in “serious but stable” condition after a shootout Feb. 27 in Fountain Square with a man who was also injured.

According to police, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a report of an accident on Lexington Avenue shortly after 10 p.m. Officers received more information on their way to the scene, including that a man in a red jacket was exposing himself and an intoxicated man in a red car was “acting strange” and last seen southbound on State Street.

Two officers found a man in a red jacket. They were in a marked police car and in full uniform, IMPD said.

The man began running away, and officers told him to stop, according to IMPD. Police said there was “an exchange of gunfire between at least one officer and the suspect.”

The officer who was shot was taken Eskenazi Hospital in serious condition and was later upgraded to serious but stable condition. A SWAT team found the suspect shortly after 11 p.m. He was taken to Methodist Hospital in critical condition and was later upgraded to serious condition.

The officer was only identified as a “one-year officer who was in field training.”

IMPD said multiple officers had body cameras that were activated during the incident.

The IMPD Critical Incident Response Team responded to the scene to conduct the criminal investigation with assistance from the Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency. The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will be consulted throughout the investigation.

IMPD Internal Affairs will conduct a separate administrative investigation.

The officer who shot the man has been placed on administrative leave, which is standard procedure.

The Use of Force Review Board, which has a civilian majority, conducts a hearing for any use of deadly force against a person after the conclusion of the criminal process.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Sergeant Leslie Vanbuskirk at 317-327-3475 or email Leslie.Vanbuskirk@indy.gov, or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 317-262-TIPS.

Contact staff writer Tyler Fenwick at 317-762-7853 or email at tylerf@indyrecorder.com. Follow him on Twitter @Ty_Fenwick.

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