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Ashley Lynn Nolan

Age : 41

Gender : Female

Race : White

Date : 08/12/2024

Location : 600 block of Watersonway Circle

City : Indianapolis

County : Marion

State : Indiana

Agency : Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

Officer(s) :Officer Thomas Nolan

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by husband officer at home

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/12/2024, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a domestic violence call involving a weapon at a residence on Watersonway Circle. While officers were en route, dispatchers remained on the line with a caller inside the home and responding officers heard multiple gunshots as they arrived. Officers entered the residence to stop the ongoing violence and locate the victims.
Inside the home, officers found two teenage girls suffering from gunshot wounds. Officers then located 41-year-old Ashley Nolan and her husband, Thomas Joseph Nolan, dead in the backyard. Investigators determined that Thomas Nolan fatally shot Ashley before shooting the couple's two daughters and then killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Thomas Nolan was a former Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department reserve officer who served with the department for more than 20 years before retiring in May 2024. He had also previously served as a Marion County Sheriff's Office reserve deputy and later worked as a school resource officer with Perry Township Schools. Ashley and Thomas Nolan were married, making the shooter both her husband and a former law enforcement officer.
The two teenage daughters survived after being transported to area hospitals with serious gunshot injuries. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police investigators classified the incident as a domestic violence-related murder-suicide. Following the shooting, family members established a fundraising campaign to assist the daughters with their recovery.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/impd-multiple-victims-in-south-indianapolis-shooting-reserve-officer-murder-suicide-thomas-joseph-nolan-marion-county-deputy-perry-township-teens/531-b562f2f2-c5d0-4a84-bf32-fc5635b6d382
https://fox59.com/news/impd-responds-to-domestic-disturbance-that-leaves-at-least-1-person-shot-on-indys-south-side/
https://people.com/indiana-man-kills-wife-injures-teenage-daughters-turns-gun-himself-8696569
https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/1-shot-multiple-injured-during-domestic-disturbance-on-indys-southwest-side
https://www.indianafuneralcare.com/obituary/Ashley-Nolan