INDIANAPOLIS – A grand jury indicted a Lawrence police officer Friday for his alleged role in a police shooting on Feb. 11.
Lawrence Police Officer Jonathan Clark has been indicted on charges of aggravated battery, battery with a deadly weapon and battery resulting in serious bodily injury.
At the time, Lawrence Assistant Police Chief Gary Woodruff said officers were chasing a van with two suspects from a shoplifting incident at a clothing store on Pendleton Pike. The chase came to an end just inside Indianapolis on East 56th Street, near I-465 when the vehicle went off the road.
There, a Lawrence officer shot and wounded an adult male suspect as he ran from the van, Woodruff said. A second suspect, also an adult male, was not wounded and was arrested. At the time, Woodruff said police weren’t shot at by the suspects.
No further details were released about the indictment. The case will proceed in Marion County court.
The Lawrence Police Department released the following statement about the indictment:
As with any Grand Jury matter, the Lawrence Police Department is prohibited from discussing any incident specific details related to these proceedings. We must defer to the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, and the FOP Legal Defense Team representing Officer Clark.
Upon learning of the indictment, Chief of Police David Hofmann immediately assigned Officer Clark to non-uniform Administrative Duty, pending the adjudication process.
Officer Clark is an 18 year veteran of the Lawrence Police Department.
