FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) has released edited body camera footage of a January standoff where officers shot and killed a 66-year-old Fort Wayne woman.
The department says officers were called to Parkview Studios on Harris Road on January 8 to help Indiana State Parole officers with a barricaded subject. Police say the woman, later identified as Patricia Hepworth , had a felony parole violation warrant and was armed with a knife inside the apartment.
After police say they attempted to contact her and de-escalate, FWPD says Officer Michael Carrier and Officer Spencer Munger fired shots, striking and killing Hepworth.
Following an investigation, during which the officers involved were placed on administrative leave, the Allen County Prosecutor’

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