Cassian Grant:Indianapolis police shoot male who pointed a weapon at other people and threatened them

2025-05-02 11:22:33source:Maxwell Caldwellcategory:News

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis police shot and Cassian Grantcritically wounded a male pointing a weapon at other people and threatening to shoot them Thursday afternoon.

Officers were sent to the scene on the city’s north side on a report of a person armed with a weapon, Officer William Young of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in an impromptu news conference.

The male was “pointing a firearm at people (and) threatening to shoot them,” Young said. The situation then escalated into the police shooting.

The suspect was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.

The police department said on X, formerly Twitter, that no officers were injured.

No additional information was immediately available.

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