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Prosecutor: Fatal police shooting during standoff justified

Posted April 18, 2018 7:00 am

The Associated Press

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - A western Indiana prosecutor has cleared officers in the fatal shooting of a murder suspect who was involved in a two-day standoff.

Vigo County Prosecutor Terry Modesitt said Wednesday the officers were justified in the March 6 killing of 36-year-old Michael R. Reynolds and when an officer shot at him the previous day.

The Tribune-Star reports Modesitt says officers knew Reynolds had fatally shot his 40-year-old ex-girlfriend and wounded a man on March 5.

Officers fatally shot the armed man the next day after Reynolds ignored their orders to stop while leaving a house where he'd been holed up.

A 47-year-old man is charged with assisting Reynolds during the standoff. He allegedly harbored Reynolds in his home and took him to a store to buy a cellphone and other items.

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Information from: Tribune-Star, http://www.tribstar.com

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