INDIANAPOLIS -- On Thursday, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department released edited body camera footage from a mid-May police action shooting that occurred on the northwest side of Indianapolis.
According to previous reports, 26-year-old Kelvin Chander was shot by an IMPD officer on Apollo Way on May 15.
Chandler was suspected of taking part in a shooting around 30 minutes earlier in the 6300 block of Watercrest Way. Chandler reportedly shot a man at a home on Watercrest Way and ran from the scene with a firearm.
What was shown in the video?
The video, which was released on IMPD's YouTube channel on Thursday afternoon, said that officers were called to a home in the 6300 block of Watercrest Way on a call of a shooting.
When officers first arrived at the home, they found the homeowner with a gunshot would to the abdomen. The person who was shot reportedly told officers he was shot by Chandler, who was staying with him.
The homeowner told police that Chandler reportedly grabbed a 9mm firearm and threatened to shoot him. After an initial altercation, the homeowner retreated to a bedroom where Chandler reportedly forced his way in with two guns.
Chandler pulled the trigger on one of the firearms, which jammed. Chandler's second attempt to shoot the homeowner missed. The third shot reportedly struck the homeowner in the abdomen. The homeowner attempted to fire his gun at Chandler, but it reportedly jammed.
After the shooting, Chandler fled from the home on foot with a firearm. A description of Chandler was broadcast over the radio, the video stated.
A perimeter was established in the neighborhood where the shooting occurred. Chandler was initially located running with the gun in the 6500 block of Apollo Way.
The video included initial body camera footage of one officer who initially saw Chandler, but lost sight of him after he ran behind a house. The footage included what that officer heard on the radio from the shooting a few moments later.
The video then featured body camera footage from the officer who eventually shot Chandler. In the video, the officer runs up to where they believe Chandler was located. When the officer saw Chandler between two houses, gunfire occurred as Frees yelled "stop, stop, stop." A gunfire exchange between the two then happened.
During the exchange of gunfire, the officer fell to the ground, yells an expletive and fires a few more shots.
"F---, back there," Frees said to an officer nearby after the gunfire exchange. "He's behind the house."
Chandler was then located on the ground between two houses along Apollo Way. An officer then deployed a flashbang device, consisting of light and loud noise intended to distract individuals. Officers said that no movement from Chandler was observed.
First responders took Chandler to an Indianapolis hospital where he later died. The homeowner who was shot in the initial shooting was also taken to a local hospital. The homeowner is expected to recover.
“Our officers are doing their job and trying to take that person into custody,” IMPD Chief Chris Bailey said in a statement on the day of the shooting. “We prefer that people do the right thing and put the gun down and surrender so that we don’t have to have these kinds of things happen.”
Click here to see IMPD's edited body camera footage of the incident.