Shelby County police shoot fleeing motorist
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SHELBY COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana State Police have been asked to investigate a police action shooting that occurred just after 2 a.m. Friday in Shelby County.
The incident began when Shelby County deputies attempted to pull over a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer just south of Pleasant View near I-74 and Walnut Street, Fox59 reports. Police say the SUV was reported stolen out of Indianapolis earlier this month.
The driver led police on a 10-minute chase to the area of County Road 700 West and County Road 800 North.
“He led them on the county roads and off into the fields and things like that,” said ISP Sgt. John Perrine.
Two deputies fired shots and hit the suspect.
“Right now we are trying to determine what happened leading up to those shots,” said Perrine.
Jordan Smith, 26, of Indianapolis, was wounded and transported to Eskenazi Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. He had an active arrest warrant through Marion County for auto theft.
“There are some witnesses to the crime and we need to talk to those witnesses. Three of those witnesses are police officers,” said Perrine.
There was a female passenger in the vehicle, and she was not injured.
The officers involved in the incident were also not injured.