GARY, Ind. (WLS) — A Gary police officer shot and killed a 38-year-old man who was aiming a gun at police while carrying a one-year-old child early Wednesday, according to the Lake County, Indiana Sheriff’s Department.
Lake County and Gary officers were called to an apartment in the 2200-block of Carolina Street around 9 p.m. on Tuesday for a hostage situation, authorities reported.
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An armed man inside an apartment had reportedly held at least two people hostage, a 35-year-old male relative and a 1-year-old boy, police said.
Shots were fired inside the home, and the 35-year-old man suffered a minor injury, police said.
He was able to run out of the home, and refused medical treatment.
The suspect, the 38-year-old man, refused to leave the apartment, and fired multiple rounds at police during the incident, police said.
At one point, the Gary SWAT team deployed tear gas inside the home.
Police said the man approached the front door several times with a gun in one hand and the baby in the other.
About 4:20 a.m. Wednesday, the man walked out the back doorway toward his vehicle, holding the child and pointing a gun at police, police said.
A Gary officer opened fire and fatally shot the man.
The 1-year-old was not harmed, police said.
The man’s identity has not yet been released, and the sheriff’s department is investigating.
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