Police Brutality / Individual record
Mack Long
Mack Long, 36, was shot and killed by Indianapolis police on April 12, 2015.
- Record ID
- PB-151
- Incident date
- April 12, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN
- Agency
- Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 36
What happened
Mack Long died in an Indianapolis police shooting on April 12, 2015. The national Washington Post shooting database lists the case, while a secondary 2015 compilation identifies a firearm allegation and a foot-pursuit setting. Those broad labels do not substitute for the actual police encounter, the sequence of warnings or what independent witnesses observed. Local reporting and official investigative material should be obtained to determine whether the claimed threat was corroborated and whether less-lethal alternatives were available. As of this pass, the specific sequence and ultimate legal outcome were not firmly established in the reviewed material, so no unsupported accusation or justification is presented as fact.
Investigation & findings
No independently verified criminal prosecution, disciplinary decision or civil outcome located.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 355
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- foot
- Agency IDs (source)
- 77
Last reviewed: October 25, 2026
Sources & records
- Primary source
- Additional source
- Methodology and national police killings trackingMapping Police Violence · Dataset/methodology
- Fatal Force v2 — fatal on-duty police shootings, 2015–2024The Washington Post · Dataset