Jimmy Terry

Deadly force

Merrillville police were called out at 11:38 a.m. to Art Hill Ford Lincoln, after receiving a 911 call that a man was armed with a knife and "chasing an employee" inside the dealership, police said. As officers arrived, they received information from 911 dispatch that Jimmy Terry had entered a dark-colored Jeep, believed to be his own, in an attempt to leave the dealership. Terry was stopped, shot and killed, police said, although what precipitated the killing was withheld.