BROAD RIPPLE — A man was shot and wounded Saturday afternoon in Broad Ripple by a deputy with the Marion County Sheriff's Office, police said.
The shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. in the 6300 block of Westfield Boulevard while deputies attempted to serve felony warrants out of South Carolina and Tennessee for aggravated assault, according to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Foley.
On Sunday night, police said in a release the Marion County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department in Tennessee. The man was believed to be “possible armed and dangerous” and also had several out-of-state warrants, according to police.
Police note the warrants came from Tennessee and South Carolina:
- Flight to Avoid out of Rutherford County, Tennessee
- Vehicular Aggravated Assault out of Bedford County, Tennessee
- Possession of a Stolen Vehicle out of Aiken County, South Carolina
Foley said hours after the shooting deputies found a 30-year-old white male in a white Jeep when they attempted to serve the warrants. That man was later identified as 30-year-old William Manery who was said to be sleeping in the driver’s seat of a Jeep Cherokee outside of River House apartments on Westfield Boulevard.
Investigators say deputies approached the vehicle, saw Manery sleeping and proceeded to give “verbal commands to exit the vehicle.” Police add Manery then turned on the vehicle and hit at least two deputy vehicles – one marked and one unmarked.
IMPD said shots were fired at Manery as deputies ran towards Manery’s car, striking him “multiple times.”
Manery was taken out of the car and given first aide by deputies until IEMS arrived on scene. Medics transported Manery to St. Vincent Hospital to an area hospital. As of Sunday night, police said he is expected to survive his injuries and is now in good condition.
No deputies or other law enforcement officers were injured in the incident, which was the fifth officer-involved shooting in Marion County this year.
Marion County Sheriff's deputies do not wear body cams, Foley said. Deputies also do not have dash cameras in their vehicles, according to police. IMPD officers at the scene activated their cameras, but it is not clear if it was before or after shots were fired.
Investigators did not find a weapon in the vehicle or on scene. The IMPD Critical Incident Response Team will handle the investigation. The findings will then be turned over to the Marion County Prosecutor's Office for review.
The sheriff's office is in charge of an internal administrative investigation, and the deputy is on administrative leave, Foley said.
Investigators are looking for security camera footage and hope to locate people who might have video of the incident.
Anyone with information about the incidents should contact the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.
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