Bodycams, dashcams capture dramatic shootout during December police chase
Mar 21, 2025
IMPD releases video of Dec. 30 police shooting
LAWRENCE, Ind. (WISH) — Indianapolis police on Friday released bodycam and dashcam footage showing a dramatic shootout between a suspect and three police officers during a chase on city streets in December.
Kenneth Roberts Jr., 48, died in the
shooting that involved Officer Owen Duckett of Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, and Lt. David Gordon and Sgt. Mateo Agresta of Lawrence Police Department. No one was else was hurt in the incident.
Police previously said the police shooting happened just after 4:10 p.m. Dec. 30 when Roberts fired at officers during a chase. He’d been fleeing from a traffic stop about 4 p.m. Dec. 30 in a commercial area in the 6900 block of Pendleton Pike in Lawrence, which is just southeast of the intersection with East 38th Street. The chase ended in the 6500 block of East 30th Street, which is between North Arlington and Shadeland avenues.
The video, shared on IMPD’s YouTube page, starts by showing Gordon stopping Roberts, and a woman exiting Roberts’ car before he sped away.
Dashcam video shows Roberts firing through his car’s rear window at Gordon as he was driving, passing other vehicles, during the chase.
A public safety camera showed Gordon’s SUV in the chase as Roberts was driving the wrong way on East 34th Street. Roberts fired more shots toward Gordon’s SUV, and Gordon fired back with a rifle while driving.
As the chase stopped, Gordon and Roberts continued firing at one another. Eventually, both exited their vehicles and continued firing at one another. Agresta and Duckett also arrived at the scene; Agresta fired his rifle at Roberts, and Duckett fired his handgun as part of the shootout.
The bodycam videos show at least two of the police officers reloading during the shootout.
Robert died at the shootout scene.
Both police departments and the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office are continuing to investigate the police shooting.
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