Ind. fatal police shooting video to be released after probe
INDIANAPOLIS --The Marion County prosecutor says a video of a struggle between an unarmed black man and a white Indianapolis officer who fatally shot him won't be released until authorities have completed their investigation.
Prosecutor Terry Curry said Monday the video won't be immediately released to protect "the integrity of the investigation" into the April 5 fatal shooting of Kevin Hicks, who allegedly assaulted his wife.
Curry says holding the surveillance camera footage in confidence will ensure that anyone who comes forward with information does so based on "firsthand knowledge and not based on what they've seen or heard in the press."
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said Monday that the officer who fatally shot Hicks was 28-year-old Patrolman Robert Carmichael, a six-year department veteran.