According to Indiana State Police, Matthew O'Bryan had been involved in a domestic disturbance at a home on Paradise Avenue in Sellersburg. The Sellersburg officer, whose name has not been released, was called to the disturbance at O'Bryan's home on Highway 311 along with two Indiana State Police Troopers. O'Bryan allegedly came out of a basement door of the house and pointed a handgun at the Sellersburg officer. He was shot in the upper right torso after refusing to put the gun down. He was taken to University Hospital in Louisville.
State police say the incident is still being investigated.
Jeffrey A. Leone allegedly murdered his stepdaughter, Jennifer Watkins, to get revenge on his estranged wife, an Indiana State Police investigator said. Leone is being held without bond in the Greene County Jail. He was arrested Saturday after police found Jennifer's body in a grave near her home. In a tape-recorded confession, Leone said he let himself into the mobile home, found Jennifer there and then took a shower. He later returned to the home with a roll of duct tape, put it over the child's mouth, took her back to his trailer and strangled her with a dog's choker collar, police said.