June 28, 2021- 8:22 p.m.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Indianapolis police say a 35-year-old man armed with a knife charged an officer responding to a disturbance in an east side home before he was shot by police in an incident that lasted fewer than 10 minutes.
Dispatchers told police that Curtis Walker could be heard threatening to kill a woman while on the line with the person who dialed 911. Officers responded to the home in the first block of South Colorado Avenue and heard a woman screaming inside.
They ordered multiple people inside to leave the house. Police said when officers went inside, Walker emerged from a room and “charged towards one officer with a knife in his hand.” Two officers fired multiple shots at Walker, who was taken to Eskenazi Hospital in critical condition.
One policeman was hit in his bulletproof vest in the crossfire from another IMPD officer. He was taken to a hospital and since been released.
The other people inside the home were not hurt. Officers recovered Walker’s knife at the scene. He faces preliminary charges of two counts of attempted murder, domestic battery with a deadly weapon and battery with a deadly weapon.
IMPD Chief Randal Taylor said he believes officers responded appropriately. “This is unfortunately another domestic case,” Taylor said. “Which is unfortunate because we’ve had a number of those lately.”
IMPD’s Critical Incident Response Team and Internal Affairs are investigating the incident. The officers who fired their guns are on administrative leave, per standard procedure in police shooting investigations.
