police shooting

A 65-year-old man has been fatally shot by police during a standoff at a Jeffersonville apartment complex.

Officers shot the suspect after he did not comply with commands to drop his handgun.

An off-duty sheriff's deputy fatally shot an armed man in Indiana after he ignored commands to drop a rifle and pointed the weapon at officers, police said.

Police said at least one officer fired their weapon, striking the man, after he reportedly shot a handgun in the air and then pointed it toward the officers.

The incident began at approximately 3:15 a.m. when a Lawrence County Sheriff's Deputy pulled over a vehicle in the 4800 block of SR 37 for a traffic violation.

Bloomington police arrested 29-year-old Victor Pilot-Coleman in the shooting of a 21-year-old man in the parking lot of the Whitehall Plaza strip mall Tuesday.