Floyd Thomas Settles served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Deputy Floyd Settles was shot and killed when he responded to a bank robbery alarm in Cumberland at 11:03 a.m. After receiving the alarm, Deputy Settles was shot as soon as he entered the bank. A bank employee was taken hostage when the subjects left the bank with over $11,000. She was pushed out of their moving vehicle a block away. Deputy Settles was transported to Community Hospital, where he died 2 hours later from a gunshot to the back of the head. Two suspects were arrested within the following days. Both suspects were convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. One never sought parole and died in prison. On January 19, 2016, the Indiana Parole Board voted unanimously to deny the shooter his parole for the sixth time. He was denied parole again in January 2021. He died in prison in 2024. Deputy Settles was a United States Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Marion County Sheriff's Department for three years.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Settles gave the Marion County Sheriff's Office 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Indianapolis community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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