UPDATE @ 11:18 p.m.: The suspect in the shooting that left a Terre Haute police officer dead has now died, a Terre Haute TV station and the Associated Press are reporting. Police, during a news conference tonight, confirmed the suspect's death in a shootout with police at the apartment complex.
UPDATE @ 9:40 p.m.
The suspect in the deadly shooting of a Terra Haute, Ind., police officer has been injured and is detained, Indiana State Police reported through its Twitter account.
Suspect injured/detained..Medics moving to assist...No other info now...more later....@THPDPIO
— Sgt. Matt Ames (@ISPPutnamville) May 5, 2018
The person who opened fire, shooting and killing an officer, was a suspect in a homicide at the Garden Quarter Apartment Complex, a city police spokesman said.
The suspect and officer have not been named.
FIRST REPORT
A Terre Haute, Ind., police officer has been killed in the line of duty in a shooting outside an apartment complex Friday evening.
The Indiana State Police are reporting, via the ISP Twitter feed, that the suspect is barricaded inside a residence at the Garden Quarter Apartment Complex.
Terre Haute police spokesman Ryan Adamson tells the Associated Press the city police officer was shot and wounded while investigating a homicide at the complex on the west side of the city.
A suspect in that homicide opened fire and shot one of the officers, Adamson said.
Suspect still barricaded....THPD Officer succumbs to his wounds...please thoughts prayers for THPD at trying times...thankful for community support..
— Sgt. Matt Ames (@ISPPutnamville) May 5, 2018
The first radio dispatch about an officer down was broadcast just before 6:30 p.m., media outlets in the Hoosier State are reporting.
The male officer, whose name and rank have not been released, died at Terre Haute Regional Hospital.
