Brandon Qualls

Murdered in cold blood by Ivan Flick in Indianapolis.

Brandon Qualls, a 35-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) officers on May 2, 2024, while responding to reports of an armed man waving a gun and threatening to shoot people.

The shooting occurred on the front porch of a stranger’s home on Broadway Street in Indianapolis. Doorbell camera footage shows Qualls, who was reportedly suffering from a mental health episode, calmly talking with an unknown man on the porch before an IMPD officer approached him. Qualls was holding a handgun in his right hand when the officer told him to put his hands up. After a brief exchange, the officer immediately fired at least 10 shots at Qualls, while a second officer fired at least one additional shot.

Qualls was taken to Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead from his injuries. IMPD said the gun Qualls was holding was later found on the front porch steps. No officers or other civilians were injured in the shooting, but at least one bullet hit the porch window of a civilian house and was stopped by a filing cabinet.

The two officers involved in the shooting were identified as six-year veteran Ivan Flick, who initially walked on the porch and fired the first shots, and nine-year veteran Randall Buck, who fired from off the porch. Officer Flick’s body-worn camera footage was not included in IMPD’s critical incident video as his camera was not activated before the shooting.

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Doorbell camera video shows Flick walk up to the porch, where Qualls can be heard saying, “You’re fine. You know me. I wouldn’t do this if it wasn’t what I think it is. If I’m wrong, tell me, please.”