INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred on the east side of the city on Sunday afternoon.
Just after 1:30 p.m., IMPD officers were responding to a call in the 1000 block of North Kealing Avenue. While on the scene, officers were approached by an uninvolved vehicle.
IMPD Officers are on scene of an incident in the 1000 block of N Kealing Avenue.
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There was an officer-involved shooting. No officers were injured.
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A woman exited the vehicle and informed officers that she was being held at gunpoint by a man. When officers ordered the man to exit the vehicle, he refused and displayed a handgun. In response, officers fired their weapons, striking the suspect.
The woman told authorities that the suspect had forced her into her vehicle a few blocks away and compelled her to drive. She seized an opportunity to escape when she saw the approaching police officers.
On Nov. 15, IMPD confirmed the suspect, identified as 25-year-old Julius Hill, had died at Eskenazi Hospital from his injuries.
The incident remains under investigation by IMPD.
