An Indiana police officer was fatally shot by a domestic violence suspect inside of a southern Indiana hospital before officers killed the 34-year-old man early Monday, police said.
Authorities said Sgt. Heather Glenn was responding to a complaint involving a man who police identified as Sean Hubert at Perry County Memorial Hospital in . Police were called to the hospital when a domestic violence victim told staff that Hubert was on the way, police said.
The officer was trying to subdue Hubert with an electric-controlled weapon and arrest him before Hubert “produced a firearm and Sgt. Glenn was shot,” Indiana State Police said.
Police Sgt. John Davis said police did not know the man was armed.
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Glenn was a nearly 20-year veteran of the Tell City Police Department and the Perry County Sheriff’s Office.
“Our police department suffered a tremendous loss. We lost a dear colleague, a dear friend. Sgt. Glenn — she’s a cornerstone of our department,” said Tell City Police Chief Derrick Lawalin.
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Who was Sean Hubert?
Indiana state police said they talked to the alleged victim of domestic violence previously and had been searching for Hubert on Sunday.
Contributing: Associated Press
