One person was killed, and five others, including a police officer, were wounded in an early morning shooting on Sunday in Indianapolis, U.S. state of Indiana.

Two police officers in full uniform were working in off-duty employment at a bar when a disturbance occurred in the parking lot outside the bar at around 1:30 a.m., local media quoted Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Christopher Bailey as saying during a news conference at the scene.

Both officers exchanged gunfire with a suspect, and one officer was shot in the upper thigh but is expected to recover.

Additional officers responded and found four other victims in the parking lot with non-life-threatening injuries.

A firearm was found in the parking lot.

Shortly after the shooting incident, a man arrived at a local hospital seeking treatment for gunshot wounds.

He was then pronounced dead. Police suspect that he was connected to the shooting incident.

The police are investigating the incident.

(With UNI inputs)