INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - It's only been two days since someone shot up IMPD's Northwest District headquarters. You can still see many of the bullet holes through the front of the building.
Mayor Joe Hogsett has called what happened an attack on the community. The spouses of the men and women who work there call it an attack on their home.
To you and me, IMPD Ofc. Anthony Bath is an officer of the law.
When Renee Bath looks at this patrolman assigned to the Northwest District, she sees someone different. She sees her husband and father of two boys, with another on the way.
"They pull out of our driveway and you're not sure if he's going to pull back in," said Renee Bath of what goes through her head every time her husband heads to work.
Never did that feel more true than this week, after someone opened fire at Ofc. Bath's place of work. No one was hurt, even though bullets hit inside a detective's office and the work space of a captain.
Some of the building's windows and patrol cars were also hit.
Renee Bath, along with other IMPD officer's wives and members of the faith community came together at Northwest District headquarters to join hands and pray over the building.
They talked, too, about the officers they love, not as men wearing a badge and gun, but as people doing a job that often puts them in harm's way.
"Our husbands are here more than they are at home and so we just wanted to protect this place in prayer and have a presence of God here," said Victoria Wilburn, who is married to IMPD Sgt. Chris Wilburn.
Police have not offered a motive for the shooting. Sources tell Eyewitness News a handwritten note was left at the scene indicating disdain for police.
IMPD Chief Troy Riggs has said it could be in response to a recent crackdown on drugs.
This isn't the first time police have randomly come under fire. In July, someone shot up an IMPD officer's house and car. That suspect was arrested.
"I want to say I'm not shocked anymore, but there's always that feeling of 'What just happened?'" said Renee Bath.
Bath, like many of the wives who gathered Thursday, say they just do the best they can to cope with the uncertainty that comes with their husbands' jobs.
"Our kids are six and two and they now know to knock on his chest to make sure he's wearing that bulletproof vest," said Bath.
It's a daily reality for police officers, Bath said. One that just got affirmed with the shooting up of their workplace this week.
Police believe someone knows who is responsible. They're asking anyone with information to come forward before they say, this person does this again or harms someone in the community.
