LAWRENCE, Ind. — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has released edited bodycam footage from an officer-involved shooting that left one man dead while serving a warrant at a Lawrence motel in August.
According to a graphic that appears at the beginning of the video, officers responded to the 9000 block of Pendleton Pike around 10:35 a.m. on Aug. 23 to serve a warrant at Park Terrace Motel in Lawrence.
According to previous reports , narcotic detectives with IMPD and SWAT were serving a warrant at the motel for 40-year-old Kentrail Small, who authorities believed was armed and dangerous.
The bodycam footage shows police arriving at the motel and announcing their presence with the use of sirens and a public address system. IMPD said responding officers received no response from the suspect as officers forced entry into the motel room.
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IMPD officers order Small to get on the ground after breaching motel room. (bodycam still image) -
Officers breach the Park Terrace Motel (Bodycam footage stills provided by IMPD) -
Officers breach the Park Terrace Motel (Bodycam footage stills provided by IMPD) -
Small reaches for a gun during a struggle with police inside the motel room (bodycam still image) -
IMPD said this is the gun Kentrail Small reached for inside the Park Terrace Motel room. -
IMPD said these guns were found inside the Park Terrace Motel room.
