Man with machete dead in west side police shooting on Warman Avenue
Dec 19, 2024
Man dead after police shooting on city’s west side
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — At least one person was shot and killed in a police shooting Thursday afternoon on Indy’s west side.
Online police reports show the shooting incident happened just after 2 p.m.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were dispatched to the 300 block of South Warman Avenue near the intersection of Washington Street and Belmont Avenue to investigate a person shot.
Police say they found a female with gunshot wounds. While canvasing the area searching for a suspect, police say they encountered a man with a machete. Police say at some point a police shooting occurred.
The suspect was transported to a local hospital in critical condition, where he later died according to police.