BEDFORD, Ind. — What allegedly started as a Bedford man following a woman ended Thursday night with Bedford police officers shooting the man, 47-year-old Daymon Hubbard, in front of a house.
Hubbard was taken to IU Health Bedford Hospital, where he died from gunshot wounds.
Family members sat on the porch of that house on Western Avenue Friday afternoon. They did not want to comment on the incident. Court records list the house as Hubbard’s home address as of three years ago.
Police say the incident started with a woman walking into the Bedford Police Department just before 10 p.m. Thursday, wanting to file a harassment complaint against Hubbard. She told police he was following her.
Bedford police say they spotted Hubbard's Chevrolet Trax less than 10 minutes later at the intersection of 17th and K streets, which is on the same block as the Bedford Police Department. Then, police say, they followed Hubbard’s car.
The house is less than two miles from the police department. Police say Hubbard's car struck a patrol car during a short pursuit, which ended at the house. Police won't say what escalated the incident to police firing their guns at Hubbard, or if he was still in the car, or armed himself.
"We're very early in the investigation,” said Sgt. Kevin Getz with the Indiana State Police, which is handling the investigation. “That's information I just cannot reveal at this time."
The incident was recorded on body cameras, police said. No one else was injured.
Damaged bushes being removed Friday made it appear a vehicle drove through the front yard. Bedford Police Chief Terry Moore said three officers involved are now on administrative leave. Indiana State Police are working closely with the Lawrence County Prosecutor’s Office on the investigation.
“Departments, a lot of time, want to maintain some sense of transparency,” said Getz. “So they will contact an outside agency in order to conduct those investigations so they remain transparent with the public."
The prosecutor offered no additional information on the investigation Friday.
Hubbard pled guilty to criminal confinement and domestic battery in 2015 and was given a no contact order with the female victim. But 13News could not confirm if that case had anything to do with Thursday’s incident.