The Madison County Prosecutor’s office reports that an Elwood police officer was shot and murdered early on Sunday during a traffic check.
While waiting to notify the family, the name of the officer has not been disclosed.
Carl Roy Webb Boards II, 42, of Anderson, was detained in connection with the shooting of the Elwood police officer, according to chief deputy prosecutor Andrew Hanna.
Boards was taken to the Hamilton County jail where he will face a habitual offender murder charge, according to Hanna.
After reviewing the evidence, Hanna stated that the prosecutor’s office will think about seeking the death penalty. A conviction for brandishing a weapon at officers of the Indianapolis Police Department was said to have been found in Boards’ extensive criminal history in 2006.
According to Madison County Sheriff Scott Mellinger, the inquiry is being carried out by Indiana State Police.
After a chase close to the border between Hamilton and Marion counties, he claimed Boards was apprehended. Boards might not be sent back to Madison County, but rather remain in the Hamilton County jail, according to Mellinger.
This is the second time an Elwood police officer was slain while doing official duties. On July 1, 1932, Willard S. VanHorn was fatally shot while on the scene of a break-in.
Officer Frank Levy of the Anderson Police Department was the last full-time local law enforcement official to pass away while on the job in Madison County in 1935.
Henry Hall, an auxiliary Anderson police officer, was also killed in a car attack in 1957. Roy Jones, a trooper with the Indiana State Police, was killed in a car accident in 1979 while responding to a call for help.
