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Suspect Stabs Cop During Fight, Forcing Officer To Shoot Him (NSFW)
Published 2 years ago
Intense body camera footage released by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department shows the hostile moments a suspect ambushed two officers with a knife, stabbing both, forcing an officer to discharge his service weapon.
On December 1st, 2022, at approximately 1:15 a.m., officers responded to a suspicious persons report in the 1400 block of Fairfield Avenue. As officers arrived in the area, they located 20-year-old Deonta Williams, standing in the street. During a brief confrontation, Williams informed officers that someone had been harassing him.
After a short conversation, IMPD officers turned around to investigate the area further to find this "harassing person". As shown in the body camera footage, officers began walking away from Williams, when suddenly Williams drew a knife and began lunging toward officers, stabbing one officer in the chest, and another in the neck. In response to the stabbings, both officers drew their service weapons and began commanding Williams to drop the knife. Williams refused to comply, further causing an officer involved shooting.
Official police reports show that after having surgery to close a wound on his neck, an officer arrived at the hospital to speak with Williams. He told the officer that he called 911 and made up a story about being harassed to draw officers to his location. Additionally, the officers later visited Williams in jail and asked what his plan was. Williams told the officer he just wanted to die and, “Get my own justice,” by killing an officer.
Williams was charged with two counts of attempted murder.
