2 Officers Shot In Pendleton Standoff, Manhunt Underway
Source: RTV6 ABC affiliate
"We squatted down beside the garage and then we heard something. We didn't realize at the time that (the suspect) was in the garage. We scrambled into the house and I then I called 911. The cops pulled up and we told them (the suspect) was probably in the garage because we heard something. Then the next thing we know, there's gunfire going back and forth, Reynolds said.
Todd Harmeson, spokesman for Madison County Emergency Management and Homeland Security, said police were involved in routine law enforcement call at the intersection of East and Water streets near State Road 67 when they heard multiple shots were fired.
When police responded to the scene near 300 East Water Street, gunfire was exchanged between officers and the suspected gunman, officials said.
Harmeson confirmed that an Anderson police officer was shot and injured, and a Pendleton police officer was grazed by a bullet. Both officers were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said
Read more: http://www.theindychannel.com/news/31310580/detail.html
Read a comment stating cops were shot with an AK-47. Cannot verify at this time.
They sealed off the town of Pendleton. Suspect is white male, Jim Kenneth Bailey, 59 and believed heavily armed.
Edit to add: this is in Indiana
xchrom
(108,903 posts)LittleGirl
(8,292 posts)BREAKING NEWS: Pendleton Police Chief Marc Farrer says man caught in crossfire during shooting last night was his best friend. That friend was driving through the area at the time the shootings took place and was struck and killed. A K-9 officer was also killed last night. An Anderson and Pendleton police officer were injured.
http://www.wthr.com/story/19126862/police-involved-in-shooting-in-pendleton
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)LittleGirl
(8,292 posts)LittleGirl
(8,292 posts)Police confirm: suspect is dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Police believe the suspect came to town to possibly harm his ex-wife. Officer were called to the scene, and the suspect began shooting at squad cars when they arrived on scene.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)Much appreciated LittleGirl
LittleGirl
(8,292 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)20 Madison counties in the US.....
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)something happened, and I realized after I posted that I didn't identify where it was
So, yeah, you are very, very welcome
crim son
(27,465 posts)One's in progress here in Hampden, Maine, too.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Local news has interview with his wife:
"He was only trying to come home to his wife."
Again...these stories about the victims are gratuitous until there is a mature discussion about the ready availability of assault weapons in this country.
PavePusher
(15,374 posts)Citation, please.
uh clem
(59 posts)...was this guy considered a "responsible gun owner" before this incident and were his weapons purchased "legally"?