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Beech Grove Officer Killed Responding to Domestic Call, Suspect in Custody as City Mourns

Authorities have jailed the 47-year-old suspect on preliminary murder charges under a state police investigation.

Overview

  • Officer Brian Elliott, 33, a two-year Beech Grove officer and hometown high school graduate, was killed while responding to a domestic disturbance.
  • The second officer wounded in the shooting was treated and released from an Indianapolis hospital on Tuesday.
  • Police arrested 47-year-old Kenneth Terrell Johnson the night of the attack, and he is booked on preliminary counts of murder and attempted murder.
  • A statewide Blue Alert prompted a multi-agency search that ended at 10:17 p.m. when IMPD SWAT apprehended Johnson at a nearby apartment building.
  • The community held a candlelight vigil Wednesday and schools planned a Thursday Blue-Out, with an official fund set up to support Elliott’s family through the Central Indiana Police Foundation.