BATESVILLE, Ind.–A man was shot and killed by police officers in Batesville Monday morning during what police are calling a “four-hour standoff.”
State police say the incident began around 8 when the Batesville Police Department responded to a “disturbance” at a home on Bridlewood Trace Road in Batesville. Shortly after they got there, they say they got a woman and three children safely out of the home. When they tried to speak to a man inside, they say he fired a gun in the direction of one of the officers. That officer sustained minor injuries when he was hit by debris caused by the shot. Officers later set up a perimeter.
They continued to negotiate with him, but then they say he fired more shots from inside his home after 11 am.
At about 11:30, state police say the man came out of the garage with a handgun. Officers fired their guns and hit him. They gave the man medical attention and rushed him to Margaret Mary Health in Batesville. He later died from his injuries.
Aside from the one officer who was slightly injured by the debris, no other officers were hurt.
Detectives from the Indiana State Police-Versailles Post are leading the investigation into the incident.
The autopsy and toxicology results are pending.
