INDIANAPOLIS, IN : 17-year-old dead after car full of armed juveniles crashes minutes after IMPD chase on Sunday, 7th July 2024

A 17-year-old male is dead after a car full of armed juveniles crashed minutes after a police chase on Sunday.

According to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, officers observed a group of males flashing guns in downtown Indy and putting them into a parked car.

Police said several officers responded to the scene and a foot chase occurred. A juvenile male was taken into custody and later released. The other individuals were not located at this time.

Later, officers saw a person that was known to be prohibited to carry a firearm getting into the driver's seat of the same vehicle with a gun. Two passengers were also in the car.

Responding officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle once it was out of the downtown area.

Initially, police said the vehicle stopped.

Officers took position to perform a high-risk stop and began issuing commands to the driver, however the driver did not obey the commands and fled in the vehicle.



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