INDIANAPOLIS — Police say two people were shot, with one being wounded and the other killed, by SWAT officers near Lucas Oil Stadium Friday night.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the man shot and killed as 27-year-old Ricktez Williams. IMPD identified the officers involved as Sergeant Jeremy Steward, Officer Kenneth Kunz, and Officer Dalton Hair.
According to IMPD, officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at a Dollar General in the 2200 block of South Shelby Street just before 9 p.m. Friday. Officers in the area received a description of the suspect vehicle in the robbery.
The vehicle was spotted by SWAT officers and robbery detectives in the 600 block of South Missouri Street, just west of Lucas Oil Stadium, where an IMPD spokesperson said officers activated a "pursuit prevention technique" to keep the vehicle from driving off.
At that time, police say a passenger in the front seat of the vehicle began firing a weapon toward officers. Preliminary investigation shows the three officers returned fire, police said, striking both the passenger and the driver of the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle was later identified as 25-year-old Eriana Morris. She is charged with armed robbery and arrested on a warrant.
A medic on the scene with the SWAT team performed emergency aid to both victims — a male and a female — until medics arrived. Both were transported to the hospital in critical condition. The male victim died Saturday afternoon.
No officers were injured.
Detectives confirmed a gun found at the scene, believed to be from the suspect, was reported stolen in 2022.
The IMPD spokesperson said there was no one at Lucas Oil Stadium at the time of the shooting, and no other injuries were reported.
Police said several officers had body-worn cameras that activated and that part of the incident was recorded on a dashboard camera in one of the officers' vehicles.
The officers who fired at the suspects have been placed on administrative leave, pending an internal investigation, per IMPD protocol in an officer-involved shooting. A mandatory hearing will also be held by the civilian-majority Use of Force Review Board after the criminal process has concluded.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call IMPD Det. Erika Jones at 317-327-3475, or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 317-262-TIPS.