KOKOMO, Ind. — Indiana State Police is taking over the investigation into a deadly police shooting in Kokomo on Saturday, Aug. 2.

According to the Kokomo Police Department, officers were involved in an shooting in the 2100 block of South Lafountain Street , near East Boulevard and Home Avenue, on Aug. 2.

On Aug. 4, the Howard County coroner identified the man who was killed as 30-year-old Jonathon Landis, of Kokomo. He was a U.S. Marine veteran and honors student at IU Kokomo.

The coroner said the cause and manner of his death has not been determined, pending autopsy and toxicology results.

On Tuesday, Aug. 5, Howard County Prosecutor Mark A. McCann announced that his office requested Indiana State Police (ISP) assume primary investigative responsibility for the shooting.

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