Indiana State Police release statement after two police officers shot in Mitchell during a traffic stop

[GodFearinGunTotin]

What a mess. The shooter is dead and two officers are wounded.

For those familiar with Mitchell, this happened on IN-37, right in front of the Sinclair station, just north of the volunteer FD station, just north of “town”. They were still investigating the scene when were heading into church this morning.

Prayers for the officers involved and hope they recover quickly.

Indiana State Police release statement after two police officers shot in Mitchell during a traffic stop - WBIW

MITCHELL – An early morning traffic stop in Mitchell led to shots being fired, leaving two police officers wounded and a suspect deceased. On February 5th...

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[GodFearinGunTotin]

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Photo of the day : MITCHELL - FEBRUARY - 5, 2023 - Countless traffic stops are performed daily by police officers. However, routine traffic stops can be just as dangerous to police officers. The location of where this morning's shooting of two local police officers is where many traffic stops...

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[DoggyDaddy]

What a mess. The shooter is dead and two officers are wounded.

For those familiar with Mitchell, this happened on IN-37, right in front of the Sinclair station, just north of the volunteer FD station, just north of “town”. They were still investigating the scene when were heading into church this morning.

Prayers for the officers involved and hope they recover quickly.

Indiana State Police release statement after two police officers shot in Mitchell during a traffic stop - WBIW

MITCHELL – An early morning traffic stop in Mitchell led to shots being fired, leaving two police officers wounded and a suspect deceased. On February 5th...

www.wbiw.com

This popped up on my Citizen app this morning. Apparently it interpreted 4800 IN-37 as 4800 Harding St. (37) by me.

 

[d.kaufman]

Prayers for a speedy recovery for the officers

 

[Sigblitz]

On the news this morning, reporter on scene made it sound like there was some sort of controversy toward ISP taking over the investigation. I hadn't had my coffee yet.

 

[BigMoose]

This popped up on my Citizen app this morning. Apparently it interpreted 4800 IN-37 as 4800 Harding St. (37) by me.

Bit... further south...

Still this sucks.. but it sounds like the Officers will be ok. The perp won't

Not your typical traffic stop shooting, sounds like they got off in a field before a gunfight ensued.

 

[KellyinAvon]

This definitely caught my attention this AM. When I looked up the address I figured it was near the Sinclair station, or one of the dozen houses in the area (it gets sparse out that way.)

Airlifted the two Officers to Indianapolis. To me that says this was pretty serious. I'd expect it to be beyond the local GP Doc in Mitchell, but Bedford and Bloomington are a lot closer. Keep the Officers in your prayers.

Mitchell, not far from where I grew up. Until this morning all I ever heard about Mitchell PD is that they have been running speed traps on 60 east of town since the Truman Administration.

As Mr Dylan said, the times they are a changin. Not for the better from what I've seen.

 

[NHT3]

This definitely caught my attention this AM. When I looked up the address I figured it was near the Sinclair station, or one of the dozen houses in the area (it gets sparse out that way.)

Airlifted the two Officers to Indianapolis. To me that says this was pretty serious. I'd expect it to be beyond the local GP Doc in Mitchell, but Bedford and Bloomington are a lot closer. Keep the Officers in your prayers.

Mitchell, not far from where I grew up. Until this morning all I ever heard about Mitchell PD is that they have been running speed traps on 60 east of town since the Truman Administration.

As Mr Dylan said, the times they are a changin. Not for the better from what I've seen.

Somewhat of and understatement Kelly.. I would propose that things are getting bat**** crazy. I fear this is going to turn into a bumpy ride. Most certainly prayers for the injured officers.

 

[BugI02]

Curious about the guy who lost the room temperature challenge. Any information about wants and warrants or some idea why he would go to guns over a traffic stop?

ETA: Dead bodies or many kilos in the trunk?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Curious about the guy who lost the room temperature challenge. Any information about wants and warrants or some idea why he would go to guns over a traffic stop?

ETA: Dead bodies or many kilos in the trunk?

It started as a traffic stop, then they brought in a K9 and it alerted on drugs in the vehicle. I haven't heard how much they found.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I guess somebody REALLY didnt want to go to jail.

 

[ancjr]

I stop at that Sinclair often. Was there Thursday in fact.

 

[BigMoose]

This definitely caught my attention this AM. When I looked up the address I figured it was near the Sinclair station, or one of the dozen houses in the area (it gets sparse out that way.)

Airlifted the two Officers to Indianapolis. To me that says this was pretty serious. I'd expect it to be beyond the local GP Doc in Mitchell, but Bedford and Bloomington are a lot closer. Keep the Officers in your prayers.

Mitchell, not far from where I grew up. Until this morning all I ever heard about Mitchell PD is that they have been running speed traps on 60 east of town since the Truman Administration.

As Mr Dylan said, the times they are a changin. Not for the better from what I've seen.

I honestly don't know why they bother having heliports anymore at these outlying hospitals.
Since IU Health took over all of them. They don't use them anymore.

Indeed the new Bloomington hospital (That IU Health built) doesn't even have a Heliport.

IU Health has Paoli, Bedford, Bloomington (new), and Morgan (Martinsville)..

One issue is the ground level Helipads that are, (or were in the case of Bloomington) at these Hospitals.. they are often adjacent parking lots, cars, buildings, etc... the amount of ground personnel needed to use them, was large.. plus the insurance claims for rocks blown into parked cars, was high.

Its just easier.. and quicker in most cases, to land on the Methodist roof (or Riley roof if its a kid), and head down the elevator right into the OR. No need to run stretchers across parking lots or whatever. And since its a roof, no need to have personnel secure the helipad. or have things blown into parked cars.

 

[Brad69]

Wow!

What’s up with the small town shoot outs lately?

That stuff needs to stay in Indy, Gary, SB, Jeffersonville.

 

[littletommy]

I guess somebody REALLY didnt want to go to jail.

He got his wish.

 

[littletommy]

Wow!

What’s up with the small town shoot outs lately?

That stuff needs to stay in Indy, Gary, SB, Jeffersonville.

Jeffersonville has been reasonably quiet for a while, they have an admin that doesn’t tolerate much BS, and the pd used to train at the range I worked at, they were a good bunch of people.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Mitchell, not far from where I grew up. Until this morning all I ever heard about Mitchell PD is that they have been running speed traps on 60 east of town since the Truman Administration.

They like to set up at the volunteer FD station parking lot; sometimes right where the divided highway ends coming into Mitchell; and at the Presbyterian church parking lot, heading out east of town now.

 

[ancjr]

I don't think I've ever seen anyone pulled over in Mitchell before. I used to go downtown to the flea markets around the square pretty often, sometimes to BRI, now mostly just passing through on my way to Bedford.

 

[shibumiseeker]

This definitely caught my attention this AM. When I looked up the address I figured it was near the Sinclair station, or one of the dozen houses in the area (it gets sparse out that way.)

Airlifted the two Officers to Indianapolis. To me that says this was pretty serious. I'd expect it to be beyond the local GP Doc in Mitchell, but Bedford and Bloomington are a lot closer. Keep the Officers in your prayers.

Mitchell, not far from where I grew up. Until this morning all I ever heard about Mitchell PD is that they have been running speed traps on 60 east of town since the Truman Administration.

As Mr Dylan said, the times they are a changin. Not for the better from what I've seen.

IU Health Bloomington recently lost their level 3 trauma certification. At this point it doesn’t need to be super serious to get flown to Methodist.

 

[BigMoose]

IU Health Bloomington recently lost their level 3 trauma certification. At this point it doesn’t need to be super serious to get flown to Methodist.

They moved to a new hospital, and a lot of stuff they used to perform, are centralized around Methodist now.