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20 year sentence for man who shot at IMPD officer during high-speed chase

Posted at 11:49 AM, Mar 23, 2017
and last updated 2017-03-23 15:00:55-04

INDIANAPOLIS -- A 22-year-old Indianapolis man was sentenced to two decades in prison this week for firing at IMPD officers during a high-speed chase.

Kennic Brown was sentenced Monday to 20 years in the Indiana Department of Correction after pleading guilty earlier this month to attempted murder stemming from an incident in December 2015.

The chase occurred on Dec. 22, 2015, when officers responded to a call of a person with a gun in the 2500 block of Appleton Terrace on the south side.

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When they arrived, officers spotted Brown, who quickly fled in a vehicle.

Officers gave chase, eventually culminating in the 1500 block of Renton Street, where, prosecutors alleged, Brown began shooting at police through the back windshield.

Police arrested two women in connection with the incident. Brown was later taken into custody in Detroit.

Brown will be transferred from the Marion County Jail to IDOC once he is assigned to a facility.