Indy's West Side: IMPD Releases Bodycam Footage of Fatal Shooting Involving Officers in 2024

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) released body camera video from two incidents that occurred on December 19, 2024. The footage shows a fatal shooting involving officers in which an armed suspect was killed.

According to IMPD, the incident began when officers responded to reports of a person shot at around 2:20 p.m. in the 300 block of South Warman Avenue on the west side of Indianapolis. A security camera captured Oylin Antonio Menocal Antunez, 40, walking through the neighborhood waving a gun.

Upon arrival, officers located a woman in the backyard of a home who had been shot. IMPD says Officers Gillings and Tarpley began to search for Antunez. As they got close, he fired several shots in the direction of the officer's patrol vehicles. In the footage, officers can be heard repeatedly yelling, "Put the gun down."

A foot pursuit ensued after the shots were fired. Antunez was located at the side of a home and continued to hold a machete above his head and a firearm in the other. Officers Tarpley and Gillings discharged their service weapons, striking Antunez at least once.

Antunez fell to the ground but continued to reach towards the weapons, so Officer Gillings fired another round. He was transported to a local hospital where he later died.

A machete and handgun were recovered at the scene. At least one round fired by Antunez struck a home in the neighborhood. The woman found in the backyard with gunshot wounds was transported to a local hospital in stable condition. At least two other neighbors told IMPD that Antunez pointed the gun in their direction.

No officers or other uninvolved citizens were harmed in this incident. IMPD Victims Assistance responded to the scene to provide services to the victims and witnesses. The IMPD Critical Incident Response Team conducted a criminal investigation, while a separate administrative investigation was conducted by IMPD Internal Affairs.