On a Wednesday afternoon in February 1997, Sergeant Bryan Glenn Northern, 34, was shot while working a private security detail at the Meadows apartment complex in Indianapolis. Northern and his partner, Colonel Robert Black, had pursued a man causing a disturbance to an apartment at 4138 Edgemere Court and, after knocking and identifying themselves, were fired on by a man inside the residence who was unrelated to the original disturbance. Neither officer was wearing a bullet-resistant vest.

Both officers were taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital. Colonel Black died the next morning; Sergeant Northern survived for 32 days before dying of his wounds on March 23, 1997. The shooter, a 28-year-old man wanted on a warrant for a probation violation, was found three days after the shooting; a five-hour standoff with a hostage ended with his arrest. He was later convicted on two counts of murder and sentenced to life without parole. Sergeant Northern was survived by his brother.

Does anyone have memories of the Meadows complex or knew Sergeant Northern and his service with the Rocky Ripple Town Marshal’s Office?