Sheriff's deputy fatally shot by fleeing suspect in Indiana, police say

A Boone County Sheriff’s deputy in Indiana was fatally shot Friday morning after attempting to apprehend a fleeing suspect, police said.

Jacob Pickett was critically wounded while assisting in the chase and later passed away, Indiana State Police confirmed in a statement.

Pickett is the first person killed in the line of duty from the Boone County Sheriff's Office since 1935, police said.

Officers with the Lebanon Police Department were at the scene to serve a woman an outstanding warrant around 9:30 a.m. Friday. They then spotted a man, who they recognized as John D. Baldwin Jr., 28, who also had an outstanding warrant for violation of probation for possession of a syringe, a statement from Indiana State Police said.

Police said Baldwin Jr. was ordered to stop, but instead he fled the scene in a silver Ford Focus with two other people, later identified as John Baldwin Sr., 55, and Anthony Baumgardt, 21.

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