We start with breaking news this morning.
Right now, a suspect is dead and two
police officers are in the hospital
after a shooting in Mitchell IN.
That's an hour and a half South of Indy.
Police are providing an update
right now. Let's listen.
Listen in. Fire at the officers.
Two of the officers were struck by gunfire.
One officer was able to return fire,
striking the suspect.
Medical aid was given to both the officers
and other officers responded to the scene
and gave medical aid to the suspect
until the fire department could get here.
Both officers were transported by
ambulance to a local hospital and later
airlifted to a hospital in Indianapolis.
They are both in stable
condition at this time.
The suspect was transported to
a local hospital and pronounced
deceased at the hospital.
Sergeant Randy, was there a
it was just a traffic stop.
You need to just explain that
to how the officers were getting
in contact with the suspect.
Yeah, so the the vehicle was pulled over
for a traffic violation and during the
course of the stop while the officer
was interacting with the driver.
Other officers arrived,
and when those other officers arrived,
one of them happened to be a canine officer.
At some point, the the traffic stop
evolved into a drug investigation.
I wish
the canine dog was used.
The dog indicated that there's
narcotics in the vehicle from
a sniff outside the vehicle.
And after they searched the
vehicle they were attempting,
they found narcotics.
We're trying to take the
driver into custody.
When he ran
as far as the officers, they were
taken to hospitals in Indianapolis.
I mean, what were their injuries?
And he said that they're pretty
stable at this point. Yeah,
both officers are are conscious and alert.
They're they're stable with serious injuries.
One of the police officers is from
the Mitchell Police Department.
The other police officer is a deputy with
the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office.
And will you be releasing any
other details as far as their their
condition and how they will be
progressing all throughout the day?
Yeah, we will keep everybody
updated at this point.
It does appear that both officers
are going to survive and recover
from their injuries and we will
have more information to release
as this investigation unfolds.
Another thing that I know notice obviously,
fine, sorry, we have the traffic
that is flowing in this area.
I mean it was closed at one point,
it's just open.
What can you say for people who are
traveling this distance right here?
Well, this is an extensive and complex
investigation that will take a lot of.
Time, we recognize that there are a lot
of questions that folks have and they're
the same questions that we have and
that's the purpose of our investigation.
And so we'll be out here
throughout the morning,
probably throughout the day,
collecting evidence,
examining the scene and just making sure
we're able to answer all those questions.
Sounds good. And then as far as
this gas station right here,
can you tell us that that red car back
there is involved in this investigation?
Yes, that red car is the vehicle
the suspect was driving.
Sergeant, do we know what
led up like the these?
The suspect pulled a gun out and
flushed the officers first there was
that too early to tell right now? Yeah,
that that's a question that our
investigation hopes to answer
and and we will get there.
The incident was captured
on dashcam and body camera,
so we will be able to review that.
At this point, we're not exactly
sure what all that footage
is going to show or tell us.
It's still in the process,
but that is part of our investigation.
And then just recapping for viewers to
officers were struck. In the in gunfire
during during that exchange.
Yeah one officer from the Mitchell
Police Department and an officer from
the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office
was both were struck by gunfire.
One officer was able to return fire after
he was shot and strike the suspect.
As far as the narcotics is there an
amount or anything of that nature as far
as you know were they traveling back and
forth where they put potentially going
to be selling the the the drugs. Yeah
I know a lot of questions
and their valid questions.
But at this point we still have a
long way to go in this investigation.
That's information that we will know
at some point, but at this point, I
don't have that answer.
Thank you so much, guys.
That was officer, excuse me.
And there's this,
you just heard from Sergeant Prime
with the Indiana State Police.
Again, you can see a very active
scene out here in Mitchell IN
this morning along State Road 37.
Again, just to recap,
two officers were injured.
They were airlifted to a
hospital in Indianapolis.
We're told that they're in
stable condition at this hour.
However, one suspect is dead after this.
Incident again.
We're gonna be out here throughout
the morning and continue to bring
you updates as soon as we can.
We'll have another update
here on 13th sunrise at 9:30,
but for now we're live in Mitchell
IN Matthew Foltz 13 news.