Friday July 10, 2015, 11:55 AM
On July 9, 2015 at approximately 10:40 a.m., officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) responded to the 8000 block of South Bluff Road on a call for assistance involving Johnson County Sheriff Deputies. Prior to arriving, IMPD dispatch confirmed a suicidal individual possibly armed, refused to comply with deputies. As officers arrived they came in contact with the suspect later identified as 31 year-old Daryll Hedges who refused to exit his vehicle.
IMPD and Johnson County Sheriff Deputies gave loud verbal commands to the suspect ordering him to exit his vehicle with his hands up. The suspect refused to comply and charged the deputies resulting in the discharge of their department weapons. IMPD officers took custody of the suspect and immediately deployed their trauma kits providing medical care while waiting for EMS personnel to arrive. At no time during this incident did any IMPD officer discharge a department issued weapon.
The suspect was transported to Methodist in critical condition with gunshot wounds. This is an active, on-going investigation; detectives and Crime Lab personnel processed the scene and interviewed witnesses. At this time, detectives with IMPD Critical Incident Response Team (C.I.R.T) responded to the scene and have begun a criminal investigation into the incident. Investigators with the Johnson County Sheriff Department arrived on scene to assist investigators.
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