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IMPD officer shoots woman armed with handgun on city's northwest side

Police said the woman was wanted on several outstanding warrants and is at a hospital in stable condition. No officers were injured in the shooting.

INDIANAPOLIS — Metro police have released more details about a shooting involving an IMPD officer at a north side apartment complext Wednesday night.

According to IMPD, officers were investigating a report of shots being fired into homes and vehicles in the area of 80th Street and Harcourt Road from earlier in the month. The subject of the investigation, 31-year-old Jasmine Brame, was wanted on two warrants, including one for burglary and another for crimes including domestic battery, intimidation, and carrying a handgun without a license with a prior conviction. 

Officers found Brame around 10:30 p.m. on Silverleaf Drive in the Reflections Apartments complex. According to IMPD, she walked west across Harcourt Road when 20-year veteran Sergeant Daryl Jones ordered Brame to stop and show her hands in an attempt to arrest her.

At some point during the encounter, Jones shot Brame with his service weapon, wounding her. Brame was armed with a handgun, which was recovered from the scene, according to IMPD.

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Police investigate a shooting involving officers on Silverleaf Drive on the north side of Indianapolis on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021.

Brame was taken to Ascension St. Vincent Hospital, where her condition was last reported as stable. She will be placed under arrest for the prior warrants when she is released from the hospital.

Police investigators have not shared more detail of the altercation that led to the shooting. Their investigation is ongoing.

Police said the Officer Jones was wearing a body camera at the time of the shooting.

No officers were injured in the shooting. Officer Jones has been placed on administrative leave, which is standard procedure in an officer-involved shooting.

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