Butler Officer Slain; Suspect Shot, Captured
Police Man Shot Officer In Head Outside Fieldhouse
POSTED 1251 pm EDT September 24, 2004
UPDATED 614 pm EDT September 24, 2004
INDIANAPOLIS -- A man who authorities believe fatally shot a Butler University police officer Friday morning was shot and captured near the campus later in the afternoon, police said.
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Police said they believe Kahdir Al Khattab shot and killed university Officer James Davis (pictured, left), 31, at about 1030 a.m. in the parking lot of Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Nearly two hours later, officers shot the suspect near the intersection of 44th and Illinois streets, a few blocks away from the fieldhouse, police said.
Al Khattab, 26, was taken to a local hospital and was in critical condition, Indianapolis television station WRTV reported.
Police said Davis was called to the fieldhouse at about 1030 a.m. after receiving a call of a suspicious person in the building as the Butler women's basketball team was practicing, Indianapolis Police Sgt. Steve Staletovich said.
Davis questioned someone, and at some point, witnesses reported hearing a gunshot, police said.
The officer was shot in the head outside Gate 2 in the parking lot, and the shooter grabbed a gun and fled west, police said.
Davis was pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital at 1108 a.m. He was on the force for less than three years, and leaves behind a wife and three children, ages 8, 3 and 1.
Butler Deputy Police Chief Andrew Ryan spoke to reporters about the loss of one of his own.
"We're a very tight unit," he said. "There's only 16 of us in the department. It's a very big loss for us, and we're going to have to step up to the plate and do what we have to do to get our job done."
Ryan said Davis initially was called to the scene on a report of a suspicious person, but did not find anyone. He was called back around 20 minutes later and found a person in the parking lot looking into cars.
"He was able to obtain a name," Ryan said. "He was requesting a background check on that person, and that was the last radio transmission we have."
Police said they believe Al Khattab gave Davis a false name. After he was captured, Al Khattab was identified by his fingerprints through Indianapolis police records, investigators said.
Several schools were locked down on the city's north side after the shooting, RTV6 reported.
The shooting of Davis happened a little more than five weeks after Indianapolis police Officer Timothy Laird was killed in a shootout on the city's south side in which four other officers were wounded.
Posted 24 Sep 2004 23:34:
-- The Butler University police officer who was fatally shot on campus Friday morning had been with his department for just more than a year and a half.
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Officer James L. Davis, 31, was shot in the head in the parking lot of Hinkle Fieldhouse after being called to investigate a suspicious person, police said.
Davis (pictured, left) left a wife and three children, ages 8, 3 and 21 months, according to Butler.
Davis joined the Butler University Police Department on Jan. 14, 2003. Before that, he was a corporate security officer for Conseco Inc.
From January 2001 to August 2002, he worked as a drill instructor for Project Impact, which provides behavior modification for at-risk youth, according to Butler.
Davis also had worked as a youth service officer for the Indiana Department of Corrections, where he supervised 96 juvenile offenders.
He graduated from Indiana University in 1995, where he majored in criminal justice and Afro-American studies, Butler said.
Butler Deputy Police Chief Andrew Ryan told reporters that Davis' death is a "very big loss" for the 16-member department.
"We're going to have to step up to the plate and do what we have to do to get our job done," Ryan said.
Police Man Shot Officer In Head Outside Fieldhouse
POSTED 1251 pm EDT September 24, 2004
UPDATED 614 pm EDT September 24, 2004
INDIANAPOLIS -- A man who authorities believe fatally shot a Butler University police officer Friday morning was shot and captured near the campus later in the afternoon, police said.
Video
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Slideshow Images From Scene
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Police said they believe Kahdir Al Khattab shot and killed university Officer James Davis (pictured, left), 31, at about 1030 a.m. in the parking lot of Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Nearly two hours later, officers shot the suspect near the intersection of 44th and Illinois streets, a few blocks away from the fieldhouse, police said.
Al Khattab, 26, was taken to a local hospital and was in critical condition, Indianapolis television station WRTV reported.
Police said Davis was called to the fieldhouse at about 1030 a.m. after receiving a call of a suspicious person in the building as the Butler women's basketball team was practicing, Indianapolis Police Sgt. Steve Staletovich said.
Davis questioned someone, and at some point, witnesses reported hearing a gunshot, police said.
The officer was shot in the head outside Gate 2 in the parking lot, and the shooter grabbed a gun and fled west, police said.
Davis was pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital at 1108 a.m. He was on the force for less than three years, and leaves behind a wife and three children, ages 8, 3 and 1.
Butler Deputy Police Chief Andrew Ryan spoke to reporters about the loss of one of his own.
"We're a very tight unit," he said. "There's only 16 of us in the department. It's a very big loss for us, and we're going to have to step up to the plate and do what we have to do to get our job done."
Ryan said Davis initially was called to the scene on a report of a suspicious person, but did not find anyone. He was called back around 20 minutes later and found a person in the parking lot looking into cars.
"He was able to obtain a name," Ryan said. "He was requesting a background check on that person, and that was the last radio transmission we have."
Police said they believe Al Khattab gave Davis a false name. After he was captured, Al Khattab was identified by his fingerprints through Indianapolis police records, investigators said.
Several schools were locked down on the city's north side after the shooting, RTV6 reported.
The shooting of Davis happened a little more than five weeks after Indianapolis police Officer Timothy Laird was killed in a shootout on the city's south side in which four other officers were wounded.
Posted 24 Sep 2004 23:34:
-- The Butler University police officer who was fatally shot on campus Friday morning had been with his department for just more than a year and a half.
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Sky Cam 6: Raw Video Of Scene Where Suspect Was Shot
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Officer James L. Davis, 31, was shot in the head in the parking lot of Hinkle Fieldhouse after being called to investigate a suspicious person, police said.
Davis (pictured, left) left a wife and three children, ages 8, 3 and 21 months, according to Butler.
Davis joined the Butler University Police Department on Jan. 14, 2003. Before that, he was a corporate security officer for Conseco Inc.
From January 2001 to August 2002, he worked as a drill instructor for Project Impact, which provides behavior modification for at-risk youth, according to Butler.
Davis also had worked as a youth service officer for the Indiana Department of Corrections, where he supervised 96 juvenile offenders.
He graduated from Indiana University in 1995, where he majored in criminal justice and Afro-American studies, Butler said.
Butler Deputy Police Chief Andrew Ryan told reporters that Davis' death is a "very big loss" for the 16-member department.
"We're going to have to step up to the plate and do what we have to do to get our job done," Ryan said.
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