Indianapolis man sentenced to 66 years in prison for stabbing IMPD officers – Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indianapolis man was sentenced Thursday after he tried to kill two police officers on Dec. 1, 2021.

Deonta Williams, 22, was sentenced to 66 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a deadly weapon by a prisoner.

On December 1, 2021, two IMPD officers responded to reports of a disturbance at a residence in the 1500 block of Fairfield Avenue near 38th Street and East Fall Creek Parkway North Drive. That’s in a neighborhood south of the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

When officers arrived, they spoke with Williams, who had made the 911 call. Williams claimed to have been harassed and directed officers away from the street, a news release said.

As the officers walked out of the street, Williams attacked them both, stabbing one officer in the neck and the other in the chest.

Williams admitted that no one harassed him the night of the stabbings. He said he planned to attack the officers, hoping to kill one and be killed by the other, because of a recent medical bill he couldn’t pay. He told investigators that killing an officer would allow him to “get his own justice,” according to a news release.

“The officers were simply responding to a call to help someone in need when they were horrifically attacked,” Marion County District Attorney Ryan Mears said in a news release. “Thanks to their brave response, the suspect was quickly subdued and unable to harm anyone else. We are pleased that justice was achieved on behalf of the officers.”

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