A man was shot and killed by Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers Thursday night. The incident happened on Indianapolis’s near east side as police attempted to stop the 48-year-old man who was wanted on a firearms warrant.

Mayor Joe Hogset named Assistant Chief Christopher Bailey as the acting chief of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, IMPD.

Indianapolis leaders credit the city’s collaborative, community-based tactics for the 2023 dip in criminal homicides.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department reported 216 homicides in 2023. At least 170 of those are listed as criminal homicides.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department released edited videos on Friday of two police action shootings that occurred in October.

An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer fired their gun during a car chase on the city’s westside early Sunday morning. Neither the driver nor the passenger inside the pursued vehicle were hit by the shot.

Two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were found not guilty of multiple charges stemming from an incident that occurred during the 2020 racial justice protests in downtown Indianapolis.

Indianapolis police released edited video of an officer-involved shooting that happened on Oct. 19 on the city’s near south side. But missing body camera footage of the incident is raising concerns.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police action shooting results in another person killed. The shooting happened on the east side after police tried to stop a vehicle being driven by 30-year-old Demarqus Whitley. Whitley had an active warrant on felony firearm charges including guns stolen from vehicles in the Broad Ripple area.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a shooting that injured three people, including a man who was shot by an off-duty IMPD officer, according to police.