City buying tougher windshields after cop killed in cruiser

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Pictures and mementos are displayed at the funeral for 24-year-old Elwood Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz at ITOWN Church, on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Fishers, Ind. Shahnavaz was fatally shot while making a traffic stop in Madison County on July 31. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

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People line the streets as the funeral procession for 24-year-old Elwood Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz passes through Elwood, Ind., on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Shahnavaz was fatally shot while making a traffic stop on July 31. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

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The funeral procession for 24-year-old Elwood Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz passes by the police station on Saturday, August 6, 2022, in Elwood, Ind. Shahnavaz was fatally shot while making a traffic stop on July 31. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

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From left, Holly Jones, Leah Jones, 13, Olivia Jones, 9, and Jack Trant, 14, stand near Brooks School Road and Campus Parkway as the funeral procession for 24-year-old Elwood Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz passes by on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Fishers, Ind. “I want my girls to understand that freedom’s not free and we live in a society where we’re blessed to have those kinds of freedoms,” Holly said, as Jones and her family attend ITOWN Church where the funeral was held. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

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Police officers from all over Indiana file into the funeral for 24-year-old Elwood Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz at ITOWN Church, on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Fishers, Ind. Shahnavaz was fatally shot while making a traffic stop in Madison County on July 31. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

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Linda Kay stands with a flag near Brooks School Road and Campus Parkway as the funeral procession for 24-year-old Elwood Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz passes by on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Fishers, Ind. Kay lives in Noblesville but her father grew up in Elwood, Ind., and she said the officer’s killing hit close to home. “It’s emotional seeing the outpouring and so many coming from so far for a community as small as Elwood,” Kay said. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

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Pastor Larry Davis speaks at the funeral for 24-year-old Elwood Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz at ITOWN Church, on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Fishers, Ind. Shahnavaz was fatally shot while making a traffic stop in Madison County on July 31. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

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People line the streets as the funeral procession for 24-year-old Elwood Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz passes in front of the town’s police station for the end of watch call on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Elwood, Ind. Shahnavaz was fatally shot while making a traffic stop on July 31. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

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Elwood Police Chief Jason Brizendine speaks at the funeral for 24-year-old Elwood Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz at ITOWN Church, on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Fishers, Ind. Shahnavaz was fatally shot while making a traffic stop in Madison County on July 31, 2022. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

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The funeral procession for 24-year-old Elwood Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz passes through Fishers, Ind., on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. The young Indiana police officer who was killed during an early morning traffic stop was remembered Saturday as a man focused on a career in law enforcement. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

ELWOOD, Ind. (AP) — A central Indiana city where a police officer was killed by gunshots fired into his cruiser is investing in bullet-resistant windshields for its 19 police vehicles.

The Elwood Board of Public Works and Public Safety voted unanimously Monday night to spend $35,000 to purchase the new windshields.

The initiative led by Elwood Police Chief Jason Brizendine follows the death of Officer Noah Shahnavaz on July 31. Shahnavaz, 24, was shot through the windshield of his police cruiser before he could exit the vehicle during an early morning traffic stop.

Carl Roy Webb Boards II, 42, of Anderson, has been charged with murder, resisting law enforcement and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon in the shooting.

Elwood Clerk-Treasurer Alison Roby said the anti-ballistic windshield is supposed to stop a bullet from a rifle.

“They can actually shoot out if there is shooting,” she said. “It at least gives them enough time to react.”

Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings has scheduled a Wednesday news conference to discuss the case. Cummings is expected to announce whether he will seek the death penalty in the case. He recently requesting an additional $50,000 for his 2023 budget in anticipation of filing a death penalty charge.