Update: On Aug. 4, Terrance Shane was sentenced to10 years after pleading guilty to drug possession and battery with a deadly weapon. The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office argued Shane should spend the entire term behind bars, but the court sentenced him to 10 years in prison, with the ability to be released after serving seven years. Shane also must serve two years of probation.
In a statement on X, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said it’s “disappointed” with the court’s sentencing.
“We believe that those who attack our officers should be held fully accountable and face the maximum penalties allowed under the law,” the statement said, in part.
Original: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police named the officer involved in the Nov. 14 shooting on the city’s north side. Officer Tristen Grantham, who’s been with the department for two years, shot Terrance Shane, 36, after he allegedly struck an officer with his vehicle.
The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office charged Shane with possession of a narcotic drug, battery by means of a deadly weapon and battery to a public safety officer. His initial hearing was Nov. 21 and his jury trial is set for January of next year.
Just after 4:15 p.m. Nov. 14, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police were called to the CVS at 16th Street and North Meridian Street on a report of a welfare check for someone inside a vehicle at the drive thru.
Upon arrival, officers learned a man was unresponsive inside a black GMC. Prior to their arrival, employees were unsuccessful in getting him to respond. According to court records, officers had all other vehicles in the drive thru lane move or leave the area, before positioning one police car in front of the GMC and another on the right passenger rear side.
Officers approached the vehicle, knocked on the window several times, shined a flashlight at the man identified as Shane, made announcements over PA speakers and activated their siren and lights in an attempt to make contact.
After four minutes, Shane woke up and according to court documents, he started to pull forward.
Officer Grantham yelled at Shane to stop and roll down his window. Shane stopped and complied. Grantham then asked Shane to unlock the doors and Shane obliged.
“The suspect unlocked the passenger door and the officer opened it,” Assistant Chief Michael Wolley said. “The officer asked the driver, ‘Are you OK?’ He then asked the driver to get out of the vehicle and told the driver that they were concerned about his welfare.”
While Grantham began to talk to Shane, another officer told Shane to get out of the vehicle. While Shane initially complied, when the officer told him to walk to the back of the GMC, Shane got back into the vehicle and put the car in reverse.
The driver side door was still open when Shane began to drive backwards. That other officer was pinned between the wall of CVS, the GMC driver’s door, and the GMC. Shane ran over the officer’s leg and foot.
“At that point the officer on the passenger side door discharged his firearm striking the suspect at least once,” Wolley said.
According to court documents, Grantham fired five rounds at Shane striking him one time in the arm. Officers gave commands for Shane to get out of the driver’s seat and come to them. He got out and dropped to the ground before officers handcuffed him and began to render aid.
Indianapolis Medical Emergency Services were on scene before the officer-involved shooting and ran to assist the officer who was laying on the ground and dragged the officer away from the suspect’s car.
Both the driver and the officer were taken to local hospitals in stable and good condition. Shane went to Eskenazi while the other officer went to Methodist.
Jennifer Bacher was at the McDonald’s drive thru across the street when she heard multiple gunshots. The mother was visiting Indianapolis from Utah for her daughter’s band competition. When she looked up, she saw a commotion at the CVS.
“It was mass chaos,” Bacher said. “I saw police with their guns drawn behind their police vehicle. This isn’t something I would have anticipated driving through McDonald’s for a diet coke and possibly some cookies too.”
Police had North Meridian Street from 14th to 16th streets shut down, as well as 16th Street from Pennsylvania Street to North Meridian.
“It’s a little scary. I just don’t like seeing violence,” Bacher said. “I hate it, and it makes me sad, because you don’t know if it’s like a cop that got hurt or if it’s a person that got hurt. But it’s somebody that got hurt and you just hope that they’re OK.”
According to court documents, when Indianapolis Metropolitan Police detectives went to the Eskenazi Hospital, Shane declined to give a statement.
Surveillance footage from CVS showed the exchange of gunfire from Grantham who also refused to give a statement to detectives.
The GMC was later towed, but two different pills were recovered in a sandwich bag along with a powdery substance.
In a statement Nov. 15, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Chief Chris Bailey asked the public keep the officer injured and all of the department’s officers in their prayers.
This is the 12th shooting this year involving Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers.
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Previous police-involved shootings in Indianapolis in 2024
Oct. 27: A man who jumped into a woman’s vehicle and held her at gunpoint was in critical but stable condition after being shot by Indianapolis police. Julius Hill, 25, was shot by IMPD veteran officer, Joseph Beasley, after the woman stopped her car and got out to alert nearby officers at the intersection of 11th Street and Kealing Avenue.
Sept. 11: Officers were involved in a shooting while responding to a hostage situation on the north side of Indianapolis. No police officers were injured, and the man shot by police was reported to be in stable condition at a local hospital. Officer Michelle Clegg, a 9-year veteran, and Sgt. Evan Meyer, a 14-year veteran, were the named law enforcement in the shooting.
Aug. 23: What started as a search warrant for narcotics, ultimately ended in Kentrail Small, 40, being shot and killed. At about 10:30 a.m. SWAT officers were attempting to serve a search warrant at the Park Terrace Motel, 9025 Pendleton Pike, in Lawrence. SWAT forced their way into the room and a struggle ensued as police attempted to handcuff Small. Police said Small got away and grabbed a Draco firearm, at which point officers fatally shot him.
July 2: Police responding to a call about a person shot encountered Richard Dale Bures, 86, who they say pointed a weapon at them just after 11:30 a.m. in the 5100 block of West Vermont Street, just off North Lynhurst Drive. Bures pointed the firearm at officers multiple times, and two officers fired their weapons. Detectives located a revolver but no evidence of another person shot. They also found a note stating the man wanted to commit suicide, police said. Bures survived the encounter and was criminally charged and his case remains pending.
June 25:Elijah Hakiem Radford, 45, was suspected of shooting a woman before leading police on a multi-mile chase that culminated in Castleton. Body camera footage shows him entering an apartment and holding a knife next to a screaming woman moments before he was fatally shot.
June 1: An officer fired their weapon while investigating gunshots downtown about 3:20 a.m. Neither the suspect nor the officer were injured.
May 28: Jerrett Dwain Gray Jr., 20, was a suspect in an armed carjacking when he was fatally shot while trying to flee police in the Cavalier Court apartment complex. Two firearms were found where Gray was taken into custody. One firearm carried a machine gun conversion device, commonly called a Glock Switch.
May 15: Kelvin Andrew Chandler, 26, who was accused of shooting his roommate, was fatally shot in an “exchange of gunfire” with an officer in the 6500 block of Apollo Way. His roommate survived.
May 2: Lemar Brandon Qualls, 35, was shot and killed after officers were called about a person armed and pointing a weapon at people in the 3900 block of Broadway Street, near 38th Street and North College Avenue. Witnesses said Qualls pointed the weapon at officers, according to police.
March 31: Luis Duran-Ruano, 31, was killed after a SWAT standoff on Winston Avenue that started with a call about a man firing shots into the air near West 33rd Street and Georgetown Road.
March 24: Dominique Lamonte Durham Sr., 37, was fatally shot March 24 in an exchange of gunfire with off-duty officers working security at a nightclub on East Washington Street.
Jan. 24: Raphael Dekemper, 41, was shot and killed in a shootout with officers on Brookside Parkway North Drive.
DOJ investigation into Indianapolis police shootings
In mid-April Mayor Joe Hogsett and Bailey announced the Department of Justice would conduct an extensive review of shootings by police after a sharp spike in 2023 when officers were involved in 17 shootings that killed or injured someone. A timeline for when the results of that review would be released hasn’t been provided
Jade Jackson is a public safety reporter for IndyStar. Contact her at Jade.Jackson@IndyStar. Follow her on Twitter @IAMJADEJACKSON. Communities Reporter, Ryan Murphy contributed to this article.
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