Lafayette, Indiana
Choose & Spouse Shot in Their Home, Suspect at Giant
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Considerations for the protection of public officers are at an all-time excessive following an assault in Indiana … a choose and his spouse have been each shot at their dwelling Sunday, and the shooter stays at massive.
In response to the Lafayette Police Dept., Choose Steven Meyer and his spouse, Kimberly, have been shot by an unknown assailant Sunday at about 2:15 PM of their Lafayette, Indiana dwelling. The small print are chilling … WBBM-TV reviews somebody knocked on the door of the couple’s home and claimed to have discovered their canine. Earlier than the couple even opened the door, bullets blasted by.
The choose reportedly was shot in his arm, whereas Kimberly had sustained an harm to her hip. Police stated shell casings have been discovered on the scene.
The wounded couple was reportedly hospitalized in steady situation. No motive or suspect description has been made accessible.
Indiana Supreme Courtroom Chief Justice Loretta Rush stated in a press release, “Tippecanoe Superior Courtroom 2 Choose Steve Meyer is a fellow choose and a longtime good friend. I’m deeply grateful he and his spouse Kim are alive after having been shot of their dwelling. Their well being and well-being are of utmost concern to me.”
She continued … “I fear in regards to the security of all our judges. As you’re employed to peacefully resolve greater than 1 million instances a 12 months, you will need to not solely really feel protected, you will need to even be protected. Any violence towards a choose or a choose’s household is totally unacceptable. As public servants, you might be devoted to the rule of legislation.”
The taking pictures comes after Choose Meyer introduced plans to retire on the finish of the 12 months, ending a 12-year profession as a Tippecanoe Superior Courtroom 2 choose.
This assault comes months after 2 politicians have been shot of their houses in Minnesota in separate incidents of their doorways … Melissa Hortman, her husband and their canine have been killed by a suspect who’s reportedly confessed. Minnesota prosecutors have known as that assault a “political assassination.”
