Indiana authorities are searching for a person believed to have been involved in an armed robbery Friday that left a state trooper wounded and a suspect in the robbery dead in a shootout on a highway near Crown Point, Indiana.
About 10:15 p.m., a 23-year-old man stolen a black Mitsubishi at gunpoint while it was parked at a Pilot truck stop along Interstate 65 in Remington, Indiana, according to a statement from Indiana State Police.
Two state troopers searching for the car spotted it near Crown Point and pursued the Mitsubishi until it slowed because of a flat tire, at which point the driver got out and “immediately began to fire a weapon at the troopers, striking one of them,” state police said.
The troopers returned fire, killing 23-year-old Caine Van Pelt of Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, police and the Lake County coroner’s office said.
The wounded state trooper was taken to St. Anthony’s Hospital in Crown Point with a gunshot wound to his leg that was not believed to be life threatening, according to state police.
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On Saturday, State police said they were still looking for second suspect in the robbery after surveillance footage showed a Toyota Corolla enter the truck stop with the hazard lights activated and park next to the Mitsubishi that was later stolen.
Police said the Toyota, which was driven by a male, left at the same time as the Mitsubishi and was later found abandoned on I-65.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Lafayette State police post at 765-567-2125.
The shooting remains under investigation, state police said.
