INDIANAPOLIS–An off-duty officer with the Anderson Police Department is facing criminal recklessness charges.

On Friday, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced that Officer Maurice Magee has been charged with two counts of criminal recklessness. He’s accused of firing his gun off in an Indianapolis neighborhood that put people’s lives in danger back on May 19.

The incident in question happened on Woodruff Place Drive near Arsenal Tech High School around 6:30 that morning. Magee had found out that his car had been stolen and was tracking it with an AirTag. Mears says Magee went after the people he believed responsible for stealing his vehicle.

“During that vehicle pursuit, there was a crash. In addition to that crash, gunshots were exchanged between two different parties. There we

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