Shooting Along Indiana Highway Where SUV Was Stopped Kills 2

Shooting Along Indiana Highway Where SUV Was Stopped Kills 2
Police investigate a shooting late near Palmyra, Ind. on May 16, 2022. The Indiana State Police via AP
The Associated Press
Updated:

PALMYRA, Ind.—Two men were fatally shot after a police officer and two good Samaritans stopped along a southern Indiana highway to help a driver who was stopped in the roadway, police said.

The shooting happened Monday night after an officer with the Palmyra Police Department stopped to assist the “apparent stranded motorist” on State Road 135, Indiana State Police said, but they didn’t say what precipitated the gunfire or who fired the shots.