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According to a release issued late Friday afternoon, Allen County Prosecutor Michael McAlexander found no evidence of criminal liability in the three shootings, finding that the officers were justified in their use of deadly force.
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Patricia Hepworth was shot by FWPD officers last week after the Indiana DOC parole officers tried to serve her with a warrant and she barricaded herself inside her apartment.
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One person is dead after police respond to Avondale Drive to a report of someone armed and threatening to fire a weapon.
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Allen County Prosecutor Michael McAlexander found that officers with both the New Haven and Fort Wayne police departments were justified in using deadly force to protect the public.
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The Fort Wayne Police officer has been on the department since 2018. The shooting of the 58-year-old unhoused man in response to a burglary call remains under investigation.
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Samuel Sterling Caston was Allen County's 32nd homicide for 2024
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The shooting on the city's southeast side is the sixth police-action shooting since the beginning of June.
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Fifty-eight year old John Edward McCloud was shot to death in the 1500 block of Wells Street when police responded to a burglary call. It was the fifth police-action shooting since the beginning of June.
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It is the fifth officer-involved shooting involving a FWPD officer since June.
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Police are considering the shooting a "suicide by cop" due to a letter found in Gawon Benson's pocket.