Deputy Jacob Matthew Pickett, 34, a Boone County Sheriff’s Department K-9 handler, was shot while pursuing a suspect after a vehicle pursuit in Lebanon, Indiana, in the late winter of 2018. The sequence began March 2 when Lebanon officers attempted to serve a warrant on a woman and encountered a man with outstanding warrants, John Baldwin, Jr. Baldwin fled in a vehicle with two others, prompting a pursuit. Deputy Pickett and his K-9 Brik joined the response; after the vehicle stopped, two occupants ran on foot. As Pickett and Brik chased one suspect along Indian Springs Road, Pickett was shot in the head as he rounded a corner of a building.

Pickett was taken to Witham Memorial Hospital and then airlifted to St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital. He remained on life support for three days to allow organ donation and died March 5, 2018. The shooter was identified as 21-year-old Anthony Baumgardt, who was wounded by return fire and arrested; a third man later was charged for supplying the 9mm handgun. Pickett was a seven-year law enforcement veteran and was survived by his wife and two young sons. Did anyone in the area witness the pursuit or the foot chase who can add details?