IMPD officer hurt in police shooting near Broad Ripple

Shooting injures Indianapolis police officer

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indianapolis police officer was stable after being shot on a rainy Friday night on the north side, just a few blocks west of the Broad Ripple Cultural District.

Details were few, but Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department called it a police shooting.

IMPD was sent to a “death investigation, natural or unknown cause” at 10:17 p.m. Friday in the 6400 block of North Washington Boulevard. That’s in a residential area at East 64th Street and the White River, east of College Avenue.

At 10:36 p.m. Friday, medics were called to an “EMS incident” with a reported gunshot.

IMPD sent this notification at 11:09 p.m. Friday: “IMPD believes there is no ongoing threat to public safety. Officers are asking drivers and residents to avoid the area while the investigation continues.”

No other information was immediately available.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was sent to a “death investigation, natural or unknown cause” at 10:17 p.m. Friday to the 6400 block of North Washington Boulevard. (WISH Photo/TJ Whitmer)
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was sent to a “death investigation, natural or unknown cause” at 10:17 p.m. Friday to the 6400 block of North Washington Boulevard. (WISH Photo/Cat Sandoval)

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