A City of Huntington police officer was seriously wounded and a suspect was killed when gunfire erupted as police pursued a man who was damaging property with a backhoe.

Attorneys for the family of Dreasjon Reed spoke out Saturday on a grand jury's decision not to indict the IMPD officer who shot and killed the 21-year old. Following the virtual press conference protests continued in IMPD's Northwest District.

A six person grand jury will determine whether or not to indict IMPD Officer Dejoure Mercer, who fatally shot Dreasjon Reed on May 6.

A federal judge removed the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department from a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Dreasjon Reed, a 21-year-old Black man who was fatally shot in May by a city police officer.

Madison County Deputy Prosecutor Rosemary Khoury said during a briefing that the grand jury process was the "final task" of the investigation into the May 6 shooting death of 21-year-old Dreasjon Reed.

Investigators want to speak with possible witnesses to the fatal shooting of Dreasjon Reed by an Indianapolis police officer in May, Indiana State Police said Monday.

The family of Dreasjon Reed received a copy of the coroner's report nearly three months after he was shot by an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer.

The family of Dreasjon Reed, who was shot and killed by an Indianapolis police officer last month, has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit.

The appointment of Rosemary Khoury, a deputy prosecutor for Madison County, to probe the May 6 death of 21-year-old Dreasjon "Sean" Reed came one day after Reed's mother and family attorneys called for the federal government to intervene and investigate his death.

A Lafayette officer will not face charges in the fatal shooting of a 39-year-old man who authorities say refused to drop a gun during a standoff with police.