2 IMPD officers stabbed, suspect shot on near northeast side

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Two officers were stabbed and a suspect was shot on the city’s near northeast side overnight, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Police said officers responded to a disturbance in the 1400 block of Fairfield Avenue around 1:15 a.m.

Once on the scene, police said they made contact with an adult male who stated that someone had been harassing him. Officers turned to investigate the location where that other person may have been and that’s when the adult male stabbed officers, police said. One of the officers was stabbed in the neck while the other officer was stabbed in the chest, IMPD said.

Both officers were transported to a nearby hospital. IMPD said the officer who was stabbed in the chest has since been released from the hospital while the other is in good condition at Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital. The names of the officers have not been released.

It’s a stabbing, according to IMPD, that was “100% unprovoked.”

Additionally, police said officers did shoot and hit the stabbing suspect. That suspect was also taken to the hospital. He was later released from the hospital and arrested. IMPD has identified him as 20-year-old Deonta Williams. He faces two preliminary counts of attempted murder.

Also, police said it was the suspect in the incident who placed the initial 911 call to dispatch.

Officers were wearing body-worn cameras at the time of the incident. Police described the footage as “disturbing and heroic, all at the same time.” News 8 has requested copies of the footage for review.

The officers who fired their weapons have been placed on administrative leave during the investigation.