40-50 Juvenile Delinquents Fight, Throw Concrete Blocks at Police Cars

Sunday, March 12, 2017, 5:30 PM

Two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) vehicles are damaged, and one officer is checked out, after a supposed minor party ends in fights and vandalism.

Just before midnight (3/11/17), officers were sent to the intersection of West 16th Street and Rochester Avenue on a report of a disturbance. 9-1-1 dispatchers advised responding officers that large group of people was fighting in the middle of the street. Additional calls indicated that at least two individuals involved in the disturbance were armed with handguns.

When officers arrived, they found approximately 40 to 50 juveniles fighting in the middle of West 16th Street. Officers observed a minor that was armed and attempted to detain him for investigative reasons. The minor instead fled on foot, but officers were able to apprehend him quickly. While officers were dealing with the, now arrested minor, an unknown person threw a concrete block through the rear window of an unmarked and unoccupied police car. The detective had responded to the area to assist responding officers. Moments later another concrete block was thrown through the rear window of a marked police car. This time the officer was sitting inside the car when the concrete block hit the back of the officers driving side headrest causing neck pain. The officer had a complaint of pain and was checked out at one of IMPD’s occupational health clinics. The officer has since been released and the injury is not believed to be serious.

Officers finished clearing the area and completed the arrest of the 16-year-old minor found with a handgun. The minor was arrested for carrying a gun without a license and preliminarily charged as a minor in juvenile court, therefore, his name, or booking photo is not available. At this time no photos of the damaged police cars are available.