INDIANAPOLIS — NOTE: The above video is from a report on the officer-involved shooting on Feb. 23, 2021 where the suspect was wounded.
IMPD homicide detectives have made an arrest in the shooting death of a man back in January.
IMPD detectives identified and arrested 21-year-old Tavon Macklin for his alleged involvement in the death of 29-year-old Justin White.
Just before 2:55 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 17, officers were called to 2900 S. Keystone Ave. on a report of a person shot.
When officers arrived, they found White in the parking lot of a business with at least one gunshot wound. IEMS arrived and pronounced him dead at the scene.
Macklin was arrested after an officer-involved shooting on Feb. 23. IMPD SWAT had been tracking him and when they went to stop the car he was in, it took off. When officers used their car to stop the fleeing vehicle, Macklin allegedly got out of the passenger side of the car and shot at officers. IMPD said the seven officers then fired back, hitting Macklin.
A SWAT medic took care of Macklin until an ambulance arrived to take him to the hospital in critical condition. He has since improved to stable.
The officers who fired their guns are on administrative leave as is standard procedure in these incidents. Three of the officers did have body-worn cameras that were recording at the time of the shooting.
Macklin is currently facing charges of murder, robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon in the death of White.
Anyone with information about this incident should call the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 or (TIPS).