(Michigan City, IN) - Three Michigan City Police Officers were shot at while conducting a welfare check early Friday morning.

 

At about 5:25 a.m. Laporte County Regional Dispatch received a 911 call from a male caller asking for help.

 

Michigan City Police Officers Michael Petrie, Scott Paull and Anthony Brown responded to 1504 East Barker Avenue. Officers heard a man calling for help and entered the residence. According to police, the officers followed the voice to a back bedroom where gunshots whizzed by in their direction.

 

Officers took cover and called for backup from SWAT personnel. 46-year-old Joshua Mohamed was eventually taken into custody without any shots being fired by officers.

 

On Friday afternoon, Superior Court I Judge Jamie Oss issued the following charges: two counts of Attempted Murder as Level 1 Felonies, one count of Criminal Recklessness as a Level 5 Felony, and one count of Pointing a Firearm as a Class A Misdemeanor.

 

Mohamed is being held on a $100,000 cash-only bond.