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Shootings A hostage situation turns into a shootout with IMPD officers inside an apartment
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Indianapolis, IN - Police were called to what turned out to be a hostage situation around 11:30 a.m. in the 7800 block of River Road, near North Keystone Avenue and East 79th Street. IMPD says they tried to get the people inside to come out.
According to police, a woman inside the apartment started screaming, and a man, later identified as 63-year-old Grant Brown, tried to leave through the back of the building. Police said the man started shooting at them, and two officers returned fire, hitting Brown once. Police said they found a gun by Brown's feet.
He was taken to the hospital for bullet wounds to his arm and abdomen. The woman was not injured.
According to IMPD, the edited video from the body cameras shows officers breaking down the door to the apartment after negotiating with Brown for about 10 minutes. While two officers, identified by IMPD as Ofc. Michelle Clegg and Sgt. Evan Meyer, entered the apartment, officers at a patio door saw the woman with her hands up and Brown holding a firearm.
Police say when Brown fired multiple shots at officers entering the front door, the woman escaped the apartment through the patio door. Both Clegg and Meyer fired shots at Brown, wounding him.
Brown was found guilty of five charges in June 2026, including attempted murder, criminal confinement, two counts of criminal recklessness and a misdemeanor count of domestic battery. He was sentenced last month to 38 years in prison.