Video shows 48-year-old Raphael Nafees Dekemper fire at officers before being fatally shot
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has released critical incident video of the deadly police shooting of a wanted man during a near east side traffic stop on January 25.
The warrant stemmed from an incident where Dekemper allegedly fired shots at individuals at a residence near 16th Street and Arlington Avenue. IMPD said the traffic stop was considered a high-risk"felony stop" where officers use distance, do not approach the vehicle and give commands from their police cars.
One officer can be heard yelling"Turn the car off," followed by an officer stating"Everybody in the car put your hands out the window, do it now," over the intercom.The officers exchange gunfire with the suspect, before he is seen falling on the ground next to his vehicle.Dekemper was transported to Eskenazi Hospital in critical condition, where he later died.
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