Gilbert Eatman, 33, of Hammond, is accused of opening fire on Hammond police officers during a welfare check at his apartment Thursday afternoon, wounding one officer. According to the probable cause affidavit, Hammond police officers were dispatched at approximately 2:13 p.m. on July 16 to an apartment in the 200 block of Carroll Street after a family member reported Eatman was threatening suicide and exhibiting increasingly erratic behavior. T…
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