The MPs shoot great great -grandfather of children who were killed in the car accident

An armed man who was shot by authorities outside of the court building of Hendricks County in Danville, Indiana, was identified as an great -grandfather by two small children who were killed in Plainfield on February 5, Ind, in a car accident.

The 65 -year -old Mark Vawter was supposed to be in the courthouse on Monday, May 5th to confront S'Doni Pettis (25), reported to Indiana State Police. Pettis drove a vehicle that hit the car with Vawter's grandchildren in February.

On Monday at 12:55 p.m. local time, Vawter allegedly fired on an inlet transport car and the deputies outside the court building. Two MPs reacted by opening fire in Vawter, and he was hit once. He was declared dead at the crime scene Pro Wthr.

A weapon was found near Vawter's body that confirmed the public information officer of Indiana State Police, Sgt. John Perrine Indystar. There were no other victims and the occupants were instead brought to another unknown place, reports the outlet.

Vawter's great -grandchildren, Ares, 3, and Iris, 2 months, died in the event of an impact, as a car driven by Pettis, to hit her, which, according to Wthr, opened up. Pettis supposedly drove a stolen vehicle per police, reported Fox 59.

Pettis, who survived the crash, was charged with three cases of resistance to the law enforcement authorities and causes death or catastrophic injuries (a crime of level three), which when operating a motor vehicle with a schedule of one or controlled substance (one level four) to the death of a motor vehicle for a death of two felonies with a vehicle with a level (a vehicle) and one input) With one level (in -house). Five crimes) and car theft (a crime of level six), per fox 59.

The crash occurred at the intersection of US 40 and Ronald Reagan Parkway, reported the outlet. Pettis was supposed to be one of the occupants in the transport vehicle on May 5, but his hearing was postponed and he was not present, per Wthr. Prosecutors now believe that Vawter was present to try to shoot and kill Pettis.

The prosecutor of Hendricks County, Loren P. Delp, submitted an application for Schild Pettis' documents on Wednesday, May 7th. Brad Banks said to Wthr: “In these cases they are rare. We do not see that such things happen so often.”

“Not only for his own security, but also the other occupants because they transport in groups,” continued the banks. “They are usually chained together. Even a ball that has achieved the intended goal could go through another inmate. The MPs themselves who transport them. It also puts everyone in danger.”

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“Access or spreading the information about court hearings and the location of the accused on a certain day can create the possibility of further attempts in vigilance or reprisals and a significant risk of considerable damage to the security of the defense lawyer, other inmates, law enforcement officers, and the court official, and the British public would be a considerable Damage and endanger this.

Before his death, Vawter spoke to Indystar In February at the Riley Hospital for Children, while watching a walk for an organ donor.

“It should have been Ares, who buried me, not bury him,” said Vawter at the time. “He was so young.”

People turned to the Hendricks County police authority, the Indiana State Police and the public prosecutor's office from Hendricks County, but did not hear back immediately.