Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers on Thursday investigated a hit and run accident that escalated to a vehicle pursuit with shots fired.
Shortly after 5 p.m., police received a report from Animal Control that someone had struck the city owned vehicle in the area of 4900 Kessler Blvd. North Drive and continued on without stopping.
There were additional calls from motorists in the area reporting of a silver Dodge Charger with heavy damage that was driving erratically. The license plate and vehicle description matched the initial report from the Animal Control employee.
A short time later, an officer located the suspect vehicle in the 6400 block of N. Michigan Street and attempted to stop the driver. Police say the car stopped and then drove off again, northbound on Michigan Avenue before turning east on Township Line Road. Police say the car headed toward Westlane Road at speeds of 20 to 40 miles per hour, crossing into oncoming traffic lanes. It stopped again at the intersection of Township and Westlane roads, but drove off again as officers tried to approach.
Police say the vehicle continued eastbound on Westlane Road until it struck a police car. An officer then shot the tires of the vehicle in an effort to keep it from taking off again. The car went a short distance further on three flat tires before coming to a rest against a guardrail on the north side of the road.
The driver, identified as 24-year-old Leroy Hudson Jr. was taken into custody without further incident. He was transported to Wishard Hospital due to an obvious level of intoxication, but was taken to the Arrestee Processing Center shortly thereafter.
Hudson was preliminarily charged with leaving the scene of a property damage accident; possession of marijuana, which is a D felony due to a prior conviction; and resisting law enforcement, also a D felony.
Police say Hudson was paroled in 2008 after serving a term for possession of a controlled substance and operating while intoxicated. He additionally has prior convictions for possession of a firearm within 1,000 meters of a school, aggravated battery, and possession of a firearm without a permit.
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