<p>MUNCIE, Ind. — Police were justified in fatally shooting a man during a chase and gun battle in east central Indiana, a prosecutor said Wednesday.</p>
<p>Jonathan Levi Allen, 28, a former Muncie resident who was living in Wichita, Kansas, died March 10 , one week after the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/shootings-police-kansas-wichita-crime-6fc9cd6ceea69d48ff9d1e5b55dc9353">March 3 shooting</a>, Indiana State Police said. Allen was shot in the head by a Muncie officer and crashed his SUV into a parked vehicle, police said.</p>
<p>The officer who shot Allen and a second officer who also fired upon the suspect “unquestionably and without a doubt did so in self-defense and in the defense of others,” Delaware County Prosecutor Eric Hoffman said in a report, <a href="https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/crime/2021/04/21/delaware-county-prosecutor-fatal-police-action-shooting-justified/7322384002/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot">The Star Press </a> reported.</p>
<p>When confronted by officers, Allen “chose to open fire at the police officers and civilians,” Hoffman said.</p>
<p>Muncie officers responding to a report of a suspect in an SUV firing gunshots tried to pull the vehicle over but Allen didn’t stop and a short pursuit ensued before police ended it because school buses were nearby, authorities said. The chase resumed when authorities learned Allen was holding a female passenger against her will in his vehicle, state police said.</p>
