IMPD investigating if two men arrested after pursuit have links to officer shooting

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis police arrested two men on Saturday who might have connections to a shots fired incident that left a police officer shot on Friday.

The officer shot during Friday’s incident was in “good spirits” and “on the road to recovery,” the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in an update Monday. Police say the officer was expected to stay in the hospital for “several more days.”

The two men, identified as Jeffrey Bowling, 21, and Antione Jones, 20, were arrested for unrelated charges shortly after midnight Saturday. Police said they were trying to determine if the two were linked to the shooting.

Arrest documents shared with News 8 say IMPD detectives investigating the officer-shot incident were near the 3400 block of North Mitthoefer Road around 12:30 a.m. on Indianapolis’ east side when they saw a silver Kia sedan driving south on Mitthoefer.

The Kia was “possibly the vehicle used by the suspects in the incident,” police say. After following the Kia for a short period, officers turned on their emergency lights and tried to pull the Kia over. The Kia didn’t stop and sped off at a high rate of speed.

The chase through multiple east side streets, reaching over 110 mph in ...