Indiana Borough Police officer stabbed while responding to domestic incident; suspect shot, killed

INDIANA, Pa. — An officer was injured, and a suspect is dead after a domestic incident led to an officer-involved shooting.

Officers with the Indiana Borough Police Department were dispatched to a domestic disturbance in the 100 block of North Cherry Avenue on Sunday just after 7 p.m. Sunday.

When officers responded, state police said the man involved had a shovel and threatened an Indiana Borough Police Officer with it. The man then led the officers on a foot pursuit.

One of the officers caught up with the man and tried to detain him, and that’s when police said the man stabbed the officer with a knife multiple times in the head and face area. During the struggle, police said the officer discharged their pistol, striking the suspect, later identified by the Indiana County Coroner as Andrew Wade Herman, 35. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Indiana officer who was stabbed was taken to a hospital for their injuries. Their condition is currently unknown.

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating.

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