NEW HAVEN, Ind. — Indiana State Police is taking over investigations into a deadly officer-involved shooting near Fort Wayne Saturday.
According to a release from ISP, shortly after 11 p.m. on April 27, officers from the New Haven Police Department were dispatched to a report of domestic battery in the 6000 block of Moeller Road, which is listed as a mobile home park in the town of New Haven.
Police said that when officers entered the residence and attempted to take 37-year-old Robert A. Vicena into custody, an "altercation" occurred in which two officers were injured by a knife attack.
One of the officers allegedly fired a shot at the man, killing him. Vicena was pronounced dead at the scene.
The two officers injured in the knife attack were taken to area hospitals for medical treatment.
State police identified the New Haven Police Department officers involved as Sgt. Howard Lininger, Patrolman Aaron Koch and Patrolmen Braden Pope. All three have been placed on administrative leave, per standard procedure during the investigation.