Incident

1-15-2015 Indiana Indianapolis 1-1

Location

January 15, 2015

Amber Woods Apartments
Incident Address
Indianapolis, Indiana

Participants

  • Type: Victim
  • Participant Characteristics:
    • Law Enforcement
  • Name: Officer Javed Richards
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Injured
  • Type: Subject-Suspect
  • Name: Donte Sowell
  • Age: 27
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

  • Shot - Wounded/Injured
  • Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
  • Officer Involved Incident
  • Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
  • Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
  • Drug involvement
  • Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

Notes

Man flees traffic stop, is cornered; gun battle, between police, suspect and security guard, who shot when he saw police shoot. City bus shot up. Suspect killed

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

  • Type: Unknown

District

Congressional District: 7
State Senate District: 34
State House District: 95