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Daylen Oatts

Gender : Male

Age : 30

Race : Black

Date : 01/10/2023

Location : 46th and Burrwood Drive

City : Lawrence

County : Marion

State : Indiana

Agency : Lawrence PD+SWAT

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police serving warrant

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Lawrence PD were sent a residence near 46th Street and Burrwood Drive to arrest 2 people on a warrant for a previous incidentwhere shots were fired in a neighborhood.SWAT also arrived and surrounded the home. A man was seen going out at the back of the home. Police allege that heshot and injured a Lawrence officer. The man went back inside of the home, re-emerged with a female and they got into a car and tried to leave. Police allege shots were fired from the car and officers shot and killed the man and injured the female. The man was identified as 30-year-old Daylen Oatts.Five officers fired guns and police admit to "significant" exchange of bullets. No officers were charged.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/lawrence-police-officer-injured-indianapolis-marion-county-indiana/531-5015b089-cf9b-41f6-8f53-8f7988753c4f