The victim of a Monday morning shooting in Greenwood has died, police said.
Cecelia Cooper Laverne Babcock, 55, of Greenwood, was rushed to an Indianapolis hospital where she was on life support for several hours Monday after she suffered a gunshot wound to the head, according to a news release from the Greenwood Police Department.
Greenwood detectives are working with the Johnson County Prosecutor’s Office to charge Randy Sutt, 43, also of Greenwood, with murder, the news release said. Sutt was arrested Monday after a short standoff with police in which he and officers exchanged fire multiple times, and is being held at the Johnson County jail without bond.
Police responded to a report of a person shot about 10:30 a.m. Monday in the 400 block of Legacy Blvd., in the Homecoming at University Park neighborhood, according to the initial news release from the Greenwood Police Department.
Police arrived and surrounded the house, and Sutt came out of the house armed with a gun, according to the news release. He and officers exchanged gunfire before he retreated back into the house. Sutt then pointed the gun at officers through a side window of the house, and officers fired at him again, the news release said.
No one was injured in either shootout, according to the news release. A negotiator with Greenwood police talked with Sutt on the phone and convinced him to disarm and surrender, police said.
Police arrested Sutt then entered the house where they found Babcock upstairs with a gunshot wound to the head. She was transported to IU Health Methodist Hospital.
