INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating an officer-involved shooting early Sunday morning on Indy's near northwest side. A 23-year-old man is now charged in the incident.
The incident happened just before 1 a.m. Dec. 10 near the 3000 block of North Tibbs Avenue, where IMPD says no one was injured by gunfire.
Police were responding to reports of multiple reckless drivers spinning in the area. Spinning is a trend of utilizing a public park, parking lot, street, intersections or even an interstate to perform an action commonly referred to as a "donut" in a vehicle.
While watching what was happening, police said the driver of a white Camaro had people hanging out of the car and nearly hit several pedestrians.
As officers pulled into the lot to break things up, they claim the driver of the Camaro took off and nearly hit several people. Officers also reported hearing gunshots.
As officers chased the Camaro, they attempted to block it, but the driver made a U-turn and hit one of the police cars. Officers said the Camaro then almost hit an officer as the driver tried to get away. That's when one of the IMPD officers fired several shots. That officer was later identified as 4-year veteran Officer Bryan Reed.
The driver of the Camaro made it to 30th Street and then crashed into another car.
The driver and passenger of the car were both taken into custody. Late Sunday evening, IMPD identified one of the people arrested as 23-year-old Sebastian Jimenez. He is charged with resisting law enforcement and two counts of criminal recklessness committed with a deadly weapon.
A passenger in the car told police she tried to get Jimenez to stop, but he allegedly told her, “We’re not stopping. I can’t stop. I can’t go to jail.”
Two officers reported minor injuries, and the driver of the uninvolved vehicle was not injured, according to IMPD.
IMPD said reckless driving incidents like this put everyone in danger.
"It's certainly concerning to our officers, so we continuously try to do everything that we can to stop this, not only for the public safety, but also for those who are out operating vehicles recklessly," Young said.