A witness at the scene said the driver was upside down in the vehicle when he began firing at Lt. Allan. Hendricks County court records show Brown was convicted of misdemeanor marijuana possession in 2014. He was found guilty and sentenced to 30 days in a county jail. Brown, who lives in Indianapolis, has three traffic tickets in Marion County and another in Greene County since 2009, online court records show. What we know: The shooting of a Southport police officer 
 
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 Brown remained hospitalized Friday in good condition, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Sgt. Kendale Adams of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says Allan was responding to a crash where someone was trapped Thursday afternoon when he was shot. The responding Homecroft police officer along with an off-duty Johnson County deputy returned fire, striking the suspect, according to Sgt. WTTV reports that Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett released the following statement regarding Lt. Allan's death saying the incident was "tragic" and "shocking." “Today, Lieutenant Aaron Allan was doing what officers do each day: responding to the scene of an accident ready to help someone in their time of need. "Today, Lieutenant Aaron Allan was doing what officers do each day: responding to the scene of an accident ready to help someone in their time of need. Earlier: A Southport police lieutenant was killed Thursday after walking up to a car that had flipped in a crash and one of the occupants shot him multiple times. During a press conference, Southport Police Chief Thomas Vaughn identified the slain officer as Lt. Aaron Allan was a 6-year veteran with the department and he had nearly 20 years of law enforcement experience, CBS affiliate WTTV reports. RELATED | Lt. Aaron Allan: Husband, father and first to help 
 
 “It is with a heavy heart that I say this afternoon we lost a brother, Lt. Aaron Allan," said Chief Vaughn. Lt. Aaron Allan was assisting a Homecroft Police Department officer when he approached the overturned vehicle at Madison Avenue and Maynard Drive and was shot multiple times, according to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Sergeant Kendale Adams. INDIANAPOLIS -- A police officer died after being shot multiple times while responding to a traffic crash on the south side of Indianapolis, authorities said Thursday. The suspected shooter, Jason Brown, and a passenger were also taken to Eskenazi Hospital. Officials with the Southport Police Department and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department gave few details during a Thursday evening news conference. @rtv6 pic.twitter.com/HOXZLL06WH — Paris Lewbel (@PLewbel) July 28, 2017 
 
 This flag flies above one of th homes right across from the area where Southport officer was shot pic.twitter.com/KJvGHJIEIO — Matt McClellan RTV6 (@mcclellantv) July 27, 2017 
 
 The shooting remains under investigation. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar 
 
 At Eskenazi Hospital, officers and detectives were coming in and out. He says that person and a second person injured in the crash were hospitalized and in custody with non-life-threatening injuries. Chief Thomas Vaughn with the Southport Police Department thanked the community, the local and state police departments Thursday night as well as city officials for the outpouring of support. "Without the support of our family, which is all police, it would be hard to get through this evening," he said. "It’s just a tragedy you just can’t imagine happening to your city, to one of your officers."
– A police officer was killed in Indianapolis Thursday by a crash victim he was trying to help, police say. Authorities say Lt. Aaron Allen was shot multiple times after approaching a car that had flipped in an accident on the city's south side Thursday afternoon, the Indianapolis Star reports. Another officer responding to the crash and an off-duty officer who was in the area returned fire, injuring the shooter, police say. Both people who were in the flipped vehicle were taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and are now in police custody. Allen, 38, was pronounced dead at the same hospital. A witness tells RTV6 that the driver was trapped upside-down in the overturned vehicle when he opened fire for reasons that are still unclear. The witness says at least 20 shots were heard. Allen, the Indianapolis-area Southport Police Department's officer of the year in 2015, leaves a wife and children, CBS News reports. He had been in law enforcement for almost 20 years. He was "a hard worker and today was no different," Southport Police Chief Thomas Vaughn told reporters Thursday. "He responded to a crash with urgency to preserve life and tragically his was lost." (A slain NYPD officer became a father this week, more than two years after his death.)