UPDATE (September 10, 2024):
The Allen County Coroner has identified a man who was shot and killed by a Fort Wayne Police Department officer in a Wells Street home Friday morning.
The Allen County Coroner’s Office identified the man as John Edward McCloud, 58. He was described by the coroner as being homeless.
FWPD officers arrived at a home in the 1500 block of Wells Street – between 4th and 5th streets – shortly before 2 a.m. Friday after getting a call about a burglary in progress.
McCloud was pronounced dead by medics at the scene.
The coroner ruled he died from multiple gunshot wounds and determined the manner of death was a Homicide-Police Action Shooting, which is the standard ruling for fatal shootings involving police.
The Allen County Coroner’s Office released the following:
On Friday, September 6, 2024, the Allen County Coroner’s Office was notified of a police-action shooting, at 1527 Wells Street, in Fort Wayne. Three Rivers Ambulance Authority responded and pronounced death at the scene. The individual has been positively identified as John Edward McCloud, 58, male, Black, homeless in Fort Wayne.
An autopsy has been completed and notification has been made to the legal next of kin. The Cause of Death is Multiple Gunshot Wounds and the Manner of Death is Homicide-Police Action Shooting. John Edward McCloud is the 31st Homicide for Allen County in 2024.
The incident remains under investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department, the Indiana State Police, the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Allen County Coroner’s Office.
ORIGINAL STORY:
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police say a man was killed overnight by an FWPD officer. Police responded to a burglary in progress at a home on the 1500 block of Wells Street.
The FWPD’s initial account is that once inside the house, shots were fired and the suspect was fatally struck. The officer was not hurt. They have been placed on leave per protocol while an investigation is now underway.
The Fort Wayne Police Department released the following:
The Fort Wayne Police Department responded to the 1500 blook of Wells Street to reports of a burglary in progress around 1:51am on Friday September 6th, 2024. Officers arrived and made entry into the home. Once inside the home, the officer encounters an adult male. Shots were fired with the adult male being struck; the officer was unharmed. Officers started emergency medical care and requested medics. Once medics arrived the individual was treated, but later pronounced deceased at the scene.
The officers involved in this incident will be placed on administrative leave, which is standard department protocol. The following agencies will be involved in this investigation: FWPD Homicide Unit, FWPD Office of Professional Standards, Indiana State Police, Allen County Prosecutors Officer, and the Allen County Coroner’s Office.
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