INDIANAPOLIS — A suspect was killed and an IMPD officer was wounded in a shooting on the east side of Indianapolis Thursday evening.
The shooting happened in the area of East 21st Street and North Shadeland Avenue shortly before 6 p.m. Oct. 26.
According to IMPD Assistant Chief Chris Bailey, officers were conducting an investigation at the Rodeway Inn on the northwest corner of East 21st Street and North Shadeland Avenue when they recognized a man, later identified by the Marion County Coroner's Office as 37-year-old Frederick Davis, who had been trespassing.
As officers ordered Davis to put his hands on a car, he did not comply and ran away from the scene, Bailey said. As officers drove toward a Burger King restaurant where Davis was seen running, an employee of the restaurant told them a man had just come running inside the building.
Two officers found Davis near the bathroom in the Burger King. Each officer reportedly grabbed one of the Davis' arms in an attempt to place him into handcuffs. A struggle ensued, and the officers and Davis ended up on the ground.
At some point, Bailey said, Davis grabbed the officer's service weapon and a shot was fired from that gun, allegedly by Davis. That shot struck a male officer in the leg. The officer grabbed his secondary weapon and shot Davis at least once.
On Nov. 2, IMPD identified the officer who shot Davis as five-year veteran patrol officer Nicolas Deem.
"When he grabbed the officer's weapon and disarmed it, he said, 'You're going to die,' or something like that," Bailey said.
Davis ran from the restaurant and was apprehended in the parking lot. Officers provided medical aid to Davis, who was then transported to Eskenazi Hospital, where he later died.
Monday morning, IMPD provided an update on the officer's condition and said his injuries are "more significant than originally thought."
According to IMPD, the officer has "significant" bullet fragments in his leg, with the largest fragment being close to his femur.
IMPD said a doctor believes some of those fragments might stay in the officer's leg forever.
The shooting is the 14th involving an IMPD officer this year.
"It's not lost on us that having so many in a short period of time, people are asking, 'Why?'" Bailey said. "We don't have those answers. Each one of these has its individual set of facts and circumstances, and we have to look at them with that lens."
IMPD said there is no ongoing threat and that officers are not searching for other suspects in the investigation.