IMPD: Driver kills self after police chase, SWAT standoff
By: Dwight Adams & Crystal Hill, Indianapolis Star
An armed suspect took his own life Friday, after leading officers on a chase and into a standoff alongside I-65 on the northwest side, Indianapolis police said.
Police officers called the SWAT team and crisis negotiators to the scene in an attempt to end the standoff peacefully, but their efforts were in vain, IMPD Deputy Chief Chris Bailey said in a briefing with the media.
“Knowing that he was armed, the sergeant at the scene did an outstanding job of asking the officers to back off, give themselves some distance,” Bailey said.
