LAWRENCE, Ind. — A Lawrence police officer walked out of the hospital after being shot in the leg while serving a warrant Tuesday night.
Lawrence police were called to a home near 46th Street and Burrwood Drive for a warrant for two people who were wanted in a previous incident where shots were fired in a neighborhood.
SWAT officers also arrived and, as the home was surrounded, a male suspect went out the back of the home and opened fire, according to police claims. That's when a Lawrence officer was hit in the leg.
Lawrence PD Chief Gary Woodruff said the suspect went back into the home. A short time later the male suspect and a female suspect came out of the house and got into a car and tried to drive away. Police claim shots were fired from the car and officers fired back, killing the male suspect and injuring the female suspect. The female suspect was taken to the hospital.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the deceased suspect as 30-year-old Daylen Oatts.
The jury trial for the female suspect, later identified as Sophia Kathleen Heady, was scheduled to begin March 1 but has been rescheduled for April 5.
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Five officers fired their weapons during the shootings in what Woodruff called a "significant" exchange of bullets.
The officer shot in the leg had a tourniquet applied by other officers, and two IMPD officers drove the wounded officer to Eskenazi Hospital, where he was treated and released.
"We are grateful to IMPD for their assistance during this incident," Woodruff said in a release.
Woodruff said the officer is expected to make a full recovery.
The wounded officer is a three-year veteran of the Lawrence Police Department. Cantrell said the officer is upset that this shooting happened but "in good spirits."
Police said they did locate two guns during a search after the shootings. One was a handgun and the other a rifle. Police said one of the weapons was found in the home and the other in the suspects' car.
According to police, the male and female suspects were arrested Dec. 21 after a shots fired incident in the same neighborhood. The two were charged and released on bond.
Police said Oatts failed to show for a Jan. 3 court appearance and a warrant was issued. A warrant was also issued for the female suspect on Jan. 3 as police believe she removed an electronic monitoring device.
Neighbors contacted police that the two were in the home Tuesday night and officers went there to execute the warrants for their arrests.
Detectives will be doing interviews with people in the coming days and are looking for surveillance video from nearby homes.
Video from the body-worn cameras on the officers involved will not be released at this time as police said it is evidence in an ongoing investigation.
The officers, who fired their weapons, are on administrative duties as part of department policy after a shooting.