BGPD Officer Brian Elliott

DOB: 01/28/1993

APPOINTED: 09/03/2004

END OF WATCH: 02/16/2026

BADGE NUMBER: Beech Grove 59

Police Officer Brian Elliott was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call at an apartment on Diplomat Court in Beech Grove.

Around 6:00 p.m., Officer Elliott and another officer approached the subjects. A man from inside the apartment fired shots at both officers before fleeing. Both officers were transported to Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital.

Officer Elliot succumbed to his wounds a few hours later.

Responding SWAT team officers took the suspect into custody around 10:17 p.m.

Elliott graduated from Beech Grove High School and received a criminal justice degree from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He worked for the Marion County Sheriff's Office for four years before joining BGPD. He played bass guitar, loved sushi and the Colts and had been honored for top academic achievement at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, according to the department.