2 Indiana Officers Shot, Suspect Dead After Gunfire Exchange
MITCHELL, Ind.—Two southern Indiana law enforcement officers were shot and wounded early Sunday during an exchange of gunfire with a suspect who fled a traffic stop on foot and fired at the officers before he was fatally shot, police said.
Both officers flown to a hospital in Indianapolis, where they are were in stable condition with injuries that are not life-threatening, said Sgt. John Perrine of Indiana State Police.
The man who fired at the officers was pronounced dead at a local hospital, he said. His name was not immediately released.
The shooting occurred in the Lawrence County city of Mitchell, about 75 miles southwest of Indianapolis, after a county sheriff’s deputy pulled a vehicle over at a gas station along State Road 37 about 3:15 a.m. for a traffic violation, Perrine said….