One Howard County deputy sheriff was killed and a second was injured Sunday morning while they were attempting to serve a warrant in north central Indiana. Jordan Buckley, 35, was also shot at the home.
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The body of a fallen deputy has returned home to Howard County.
“Rest in Peace Howard County Deputy Carl Koontz”, Indiana’s Department of Natural Resource’s Law Enforcement Division wrote on Twitter.
Koontz had been with the State Police for almost three years, while Buckley was a nine-year veteran of the force, according to Perrine.
Gov. Mike Pence directed flags at state facilities to be flown at half-staff beginning immediatly until sunset on the day of Koontz’ funeral. The ceremony requested by Koontz’s widow, Kassandra, was held 24 hours after he was pronounced dead at an Indianapolis hospital where he was rushed after Sunday’s shooting.
When authorities tried making contact with Dorsey at a home in Russiaville Sunday morning, that’s when shots were fired at the officers and they shot back in return. He is in stable condition, and is alert and conscious.
Police have identified 25-year-old Evan Dorsey as the suspect in the shooting death of Howard County Deputy Sheriff Carl Koontz. “I don’t think there was anyone that would not feel comfortable going up and talking to deputy Koontz”.
Koontz is survived by his wife and an 8-month-old son Noah. A suspect was found dead in the trailer about two hours later, but officials have not confirmed how the suspect died, CNN reports.
Dorsey, who was found dead at the scene, was wanted on a warrant for failure to appear on a charge of possession of a syringe.
Both men died following a gunfight early Sunday inside a mobile home in Russiaville (ROO’-shuh-vil).
Rogers says Koontz, who has been with the department for more than 2½ years, had surgery and is in “very critical” condition.
An autopsy is expected to determine whether Dorsey died from police gunfire or took his own life.
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“We are grieving but we are seeing to the fact that there are going to be patrols out there by the Indiana State Police, other sheriff’s agencies”, he said.
