Overview
- Officers serving an arrest warrant at a home on West Whitney Avenue encountered a standoff that police said lasted nearly 25 minutes.
- Police said the suspect fired from inside and told dispatch he was armed and wanted officers to shoot him.
- The man then stepped onto the porch with a handgun while wearing a helmet and ballistic vest, ignored orders to drop the weapon, and was shot by a SWAT officer.
- He had been indicted a day earlier on murder, assault, and abuse-of-a-corpse charges tied to separate December 2025 stabbings, including a dismemberment under the I-65 overpass.
- LMPD’s Public Integrity Unit opened an investigation, with body-camera video and further details set for public release within 10 business days.