INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has released edited bodycam footage detailing an officer-involved shooting that left one man dead after responding to a shots fired incident on Indy’s west side in March.
According to a graphic that appears at the beginning of the video, officers responded to the intersection of W. 33rd Street and Georgetown Road around 7:30 p.m. on March 31 after receiving reports that a man had been seen firing several rounds into the air.
According to previous reports, officers arrived on the scene to speak with witnesses who made them aware of a suspect and a vehicle of interest. Officers made contact with the suspect, identified as 31-year-old Luis Duran-Ruano, who entered a van and began to drive away before officers could speak with him.
Duran-Ruano reportedly ignored their attempts to conduct a traffic stop. This initiated a brief pursuit that eventually ended in the 3200 block of Winton Avenue.
After the pursuit ended, IMPD said officers observed Duran-Ruano exit the vehicle armed with a firearm. He pointed the gun at his head multiple times during the standoff as officers attempted to speak with him. A Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team and crisis negotiators also responded to the scene while a perimeter was set.
An officer’s body-worn camera that was activated during the incident shows Duran-Ruano exiting his vehicle and standing outside a residence in the area while pointing a firearm at his head.
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Bodycam footage showing Duran-Ruano walking on a porch while pointing a firearm at his head. (provided by IMPD) ![]()
Bodycam footage showing officers attempting to speak with Duran-Ruano after arriving on the scene. (provided by IMPD) ![]()
Bodycam footage showing officers attempting to speak with Duran-Ruano after arriving on the scene. (provided by IMPD)
The officers could be heard multiple times in the footage urging Duran-Ruano to comply with their orders and to put the gun down while saying, "None of us want to shoot you." At one point during their exchange, Duran-Ruano reportedly told officers that he would shoot himself if officers did not shoot him.
After an hour of negotiating back and forth, IMPD said Duran-Ruano tried to move away from the scene by walking southbound and still holding the gun to his head. Officers proceeded to fire non-lethal bean bag rounds at him in an attempt to contain him on the front porch of the residence.
The non-lethal rounds proved ineffective as Duran-Ruano maintained possession of the firearm and continued pointing it at his head.
In segments of the drone footage released by IMPD, Duran-Ruano can be seen pacing back and forth on the front porch while gesturing toward officers with the weapon still pointed at his head.
The drone footage shows a flash that IMPD said was a result of Duran-Ruano opening fire at officers after he attempted to walk off the porch and reportedly ignoring officer's commands to "stop."
It was at this moment that IMPD said Duran-Ruano reportedly fired multiple shots at officers, with three officers returning fire and striking him. No officers were injured during the fatal encounter.
The images featured in the edited footage were gathered from multiple body-worn cameras and drone footage that were activated during the shooting.
Duran-Ruano was transported to Eskenazi Hospital in critical condition where he later died shortly after 11 p.m. that same night.
IMPD confirmed at the time that a firearm was recovered at the scene.
The IMPD Critical Incident Response team is handling the criminal investigation of the incident, while the IMPD Internal Affairs is conducting a separate administrative investigation. The officers who fired their firearms have been placed on administrative leave, as is standard procedure in an officer-involved shooting investigation.
The civilian-majority Use of Force Review Board will conduct a mandatory hearing for any attempted use of deadly force against a person. This occurs after the conclusion of the criminal process.