After 10:00 o'clock this morning,
I MPD officers responded to 524 S Holt Rd.
Reference a domestic
disturbance with a weapon.
As officers responded,
they were they encountered a female
outside of the residence at 524
who stated that her female roommate
was being held hostage in a bedroom
inside the residence by her boyfriend,
who was also armed with a handgun.
Officers then went into the residence
and attempted to deescalate the
situation verbally and being able
to communicate with him through
the doors and through the walls.
At that point,
SWAT team members responded also.
Swat team members continued to negotiate.
Negotiators were here.
This went on for some time at at
a certain point a gunshot was
heard from inside the bedroom
to make sure that the safe.
To protect the safety of the hostage swap,
team members then immediately
entered the bedroom,
where they engaged the suspect.
At least four officers then fired
their department issued weapons,
striking the suspect.
And yet simultaneously,
they then grabbed the hostage and removed
her from the situation and took her to
a safe location outside the residence.
As this was going on, I MPD SWAT team
medics who were here on the scene,
then entered the residence.
And attempted to evaluate
medically evaluate the suspect.
They then pronounced him
deceased here at the scene.
Right now I MPD critical
incident response team is here
assisting in the investigation.
What we do know is that all the all
the officers involved were wearing body worn
cameras that were activated at the time
of this incident. Those recordings
are being uploaded into the system
and will be later reviewed.
Officers when they entered the
entered the bedroom did locate.
A knife, a machete and a
handgun inside that bedroom.
Um Indianapolis Marion County
Forensic Services Agency responded
to identify to identify and
collect all the potential evidence.
Marion County Coroner's office will
assist in determining the exact
cause of death and positively ID the
suspect and release that information.
No officers or uninvolved citizens were
injured during this incident.
Detectives are confident right
now that there is no ongoing
threat to the community.
The civilian majority use of.
The Force Review Board
will conduct a mandatory
hearing for any attempted use of
deadly force against the person.
Do you have any questions right now?
Was there an exchange of gunfire
or did the suspect brandish or
point his weapon at the enemy off?
You know, that's a couple of things
that are under investigation right now.
We're waiting for the body
camera video to be uploaded so
we can accurately say what for.
Have you been called out to the
soundboard for domestic disturbance?
The officers in this area have frequently
been called out to this location,
whether it's disturbance or other
type of investigations, so they
are familiar with this residence.
Who called 911? The hostage?
The roommate who made that initial call?
From what I understand is that a
the roommate contacted a third party
who then called 911. What was the
tenor of the conversations with
the suspect and did he indicate?
They wish to die by suicide by cop. Right
now there that a lot of the things
are he said will still be under
investigation. However, preliminary
information leads us to believe
that he did have a weapon and
that he did not want to come out
of the world. So with that information,
you know, I can't go into detail
exactly what he said verbatim because
you know as well as I do this is going
to be a long, long investigation.
Do you know yet is the suspect appeared that
shot inside before SWAT officers went in?
Swat team members immediately made
entry right after that shot was fired.
They didn't wait.
Suspect right now that's
yet to be determined,
you know, but as we said,
we did have a weapon in that
room along with two knives,
and the female was in
there and she was rescued.
I know we have to the court
determine exact cause and manner.
This is the second big domestic violence,
deadly domestic violence case in 2-3 weeks.
What do you want the community to take
away from everything that's going on here?
Does the city have a domestic violence?
I don't think this city has
a domestic violence person.
The problem is, as much as you know,
people have to learn how to
communicate. You know,
learn how to deal with frustrations,
maybe learn how to deal with
any type of conflict resolution.
Unfortunately,
this is between two people who,
you know, know each other and
have some type of relationship,
but we extend it out to everybody.
You know, we offer so many
programs that Julian Center has help,
and there's so many other agencies out there
that are willing to help people and be
able to give them assistance
and guidance on how to do conflict resolution
so that things like this don't happen.
The officers involved are on
administrative assignment, yes.
Each one of them have been placed
on administrative assignment,
which is standard procedure for
any type of officer. Yes, Sir.
Without pay at this time?
I'm sorry, administrative
assignment without pay.
No administrative assignment is with pay.
Thank you. Thank you.