Bodycam Videos Show IMPD Officers Exchange Gunfire With Armed Suspect During Traffic Stop

* (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) * Indianapolis, Indiana — On January 25, 2024, around 5:26 p.m., Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers responded to the 2600 block of Brookside Parkway North Drive as part of an investigation to apprehend a convicted murderer. Officers with IMPD’s East District Violence Team tried to stop a vehicle to apprehend 48-year-old Raphael Nafees Dekemper, who was wanted on several active felony warrants. Dekemper’s warrants included possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, criminal recklessness, pointing a firearm and invasion of privacy. Dekemper was located in the 2500 block of East 16th Street and was seen leaving a house and getting back into the passenger seat of a 2006 Pontiac Vibe. A home security camera captured the traffic stop after the Pontiac came to a stop. An officer told the driver to turn the car off. Another officer told the passengers in the car to put their hands out the window.