Man shot by Indianapolis police is suspect in woman’s death

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 33-year-old man who was shot and wounded Friday by Indianapolis police is a suspect in a shooting hours earlier that left a woman dead outside a day care center, police said.

The man, who was struck at least once after two officers discharged their weapons Friday afternoon, was in stable condition at a hospital, police said.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement Friday evening that the man was being held without bond on two warrants related to prior domestic violence cases.

He had not been charged in the woman’s fatal shooting as of Saturday afternoon, but police said they were working with the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office to file murder and other charges against him in that killing.

Police said that based on preliminary information, investigators believe the woman’s killing in the parking lot of a day care center on the city’s near west side was domestic-related.

The man was shot about three hours after the woman’s killing as officers investigated reports of a vehicle near downtown Indianapolis matching a vehicle seen at the day care center.

Officer Samone Burris said officers saw the man holding a rifle and told him to drop the weapon. She said what happened next remains under investigation but two officers fired their weapons.

Those officers have been placed on administrative leave, which is a routine step following officer-involved shootings.