A 30-year veteran of the Terre Haute Police Department was shot and killed Wednesday in the line of duty.
Detective Greg Ferency was assigned to the FBI Taskforce on behalf of the Terre Haute Police Department.
The FBI is leading the investigation.
The shooting occurred outside a federal office building near the Vigo County Courthouse.
Law enforcement officials said a suspect in the shooting was in surgery late Wednesday afternoon at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute.
No further information was immediately available.
This is the 3rd officer in the last 10 years to be shot in killed in action from the Terre Haute Police Department. On July 11, 2011, Officer Brent Long was gunned down while serving a federal warrant. On May 4th of 2018, officer Rob Pitts was gunned down during a homicide investigation at the Garden Quarter Apartments on the southwest side of town.
