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The affidavit also says the suspect called his parents and girlfriend via FaceTime while leaving the scene. Carl Roy Webb Boards II is accused of shooting Elwood police officer Noah Shahnavaz, a 24-year-old Army veteran, during a traffic stop around 2 a.m. Sunday in Indiana. Shahnavaz’s last phone call indicated the driver of a white Buick Lacrosse “had a gun,” according to the affidavit. Shahnawaz was found dead in his patrol car. Police found 36 shell casings and said the car was riddled with bullet holes. Shahnawaz died in hospital. A Hamilton County deputy spotted the Buick about 25 minutes after Shahnavaz’s last radio call and began chasing it, according to the affidavit. Deputies threw down stop sticks and deflated at least one of the tires, but Boards reportedly continued driving until Fishers police, who had joined the chase, disabled the car with a PIT maneuver, according to FOX.
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According to the affidavit, officers found a rifle with a large capacity magazine in the car. Boards faces charges of murder, resisting arrest and felon in possession of a firearm, court records show. We apologize, but this video failed to load. Police learned from an interview with the parents and the girlfriend that Boards owns a barber shop about 25 miles away in Marion, called Webb’s Cut Care, according to court documents. Police visited the building and spoke to a man who lived in an upstairs apartment, who told them that Boards “is a member of the Black Jewish Israelites” and “made a recorded song stating that if the police ever caught him he would was killing them,” according to FOX. Police executed a search warrant at the barber shop and found a loaded magazine and pamphlets related to Black Jewish Israelites. Reports said Boards had previously fired at police in a previous incident.
