Greenwood, Ind.—
Greenwood Police and the people who knew Hans Lanham said he was a career criminal burglar and thief who would resist law enforcement. was paranoid on drugs, and would fight. It was a battle with another man Sunday night that cost Lanham his life.Lanham arrived unannounced at the Cedarbrook Apartments on West Smith Valley Road and attacked a man over a previous dispute a witness told Fox 59 News.
Lanham was armed with a pair of beer bottles and threatened to stab the man when a friend stepped in.
"He grabbed him and threw him to the ground and was on top of him. He was told several times to leave. One shot was fired and I think it hit him in the stomach."
Police were called and officers found Lanham on the stoop outside the apartment. He later died at Wishard Memorial Hospital.
Police say the resident who fired the shot is cooperating with investigators and was not arrested. The Johnson County prosecutor will determine if the shooting was a case of self defense.
"Nobody wanted to lose Hans," said the witness. "The man threatened to stab the person he attacked."
