INDIANAPOLIS — Law enforcement officers are searching for a suspect involved in a domestic situation with a possible hostage in Logansport.
Indiana State Police, the Logansport Police Department and the Cass County Sheriff's Department responded to the incident just before 9 a.m. Wednesday. According to ISP, there was a possible hostage and a barricaded man at a home on Pottawatomie Road, east of 18th Street.
There were also reports of shots fired toward people inside the home, state police said, but no injuries were reported.
ISP said the suspect has left the home and was possibly traveling on foot. Wednesday afternoon, police identified the suspect as 44-year-old Demacio Hernandez Martinez. He lives at the address where the incident occurred.
As police searched for Martinez, including the use of drones and police dogs, detectives were granted an arrest warrant for the suspect, alleging criminal charges of intimidation, criminal recklessness and battery on a person under 14 years of age, police said.
Police describe the suspect as a 5-foot-10-inch, 200-pound Hispanic male with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing dark clothing. Investigators say he uses the aliases of "George" or "Ernestor Hernandez Martinez" in his local community.
As of late Wednesday afternoon, Martinez has not yet been located.
Martinez is considered to be armed and dangerous and police urge anyone who sees him to call 911, but not approach the suspect.
According to our partners at the Pharos-Tribune , all Logansport schools were placed on lockdown during the search. State police said officers were sent to local schools to assist school resource officers during dismissal and as children were getting onto their buses to go home.
The investigation is ongoing.
