(INDIANAPOLIS) — Last summer’s riots in Indianapolis and other cities have triggered a package of anti-rioting bills. A Senate committee will vote next week on a bill making rioting a felony instead of a misdemeanor if there’s serious damage or injury. Indianapolis Republican Mike Young’s bill would also let the attorney general file rioting charges […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Indy Metro Police homicide detectives have arrested a man for the January murder of 56-year-old James Lewis. Lewis and another man were found with gunshot wounds inside a home on Spencer Ave. on Jan. 11. Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene; the other man was taken to the hospital in stable condition. IMPD […]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis police chief on Monday fired an officer accused of driving 100 mph and marijuana possession near Zionsville. Andre Gude was a probationary officer working in the Northwest District’s middle shift, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a news release issued late Monday afternoon. Elizabeth Frost, the public relations officer with […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Indy Metro Police have arrested a man for the murder of a one-year-old child. Police were called Thursday night to Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital about a child with significant trauma who was not expected to survive. On Friday, police arrested 32-year-old Carl Hensley for his role in the death of Bradley Dunaway. Hensley faces […]
CARMEL, Ind. — A man was shot and killed by police officers in Carmel after they say he pointed a “high powered rifle” at them during a standoff on Sunday. Lt. Tim Byrne with Carmel Police said they received the call Sunday afternoon about a man, 60-year-old Keith Scales, who may be suicidal along at […]
WESTFIELD, Ind. — A threat made Monday against Westfield High School came from outside of Indiana, according to police. Similar threats from the same phone number were made to government entities in other states, before and after the threat was made against WHS, Westfield Washington Schools said Friday. In each case, “no credible threat” appears to […]
UPDATE Jan. 29, 2021 WABASH, Ind. — Indiana State Police have provided an update on a police-involved shooting in which a man died in Wabash County. Two suspects were arrested in the home where Roger Hipskind was shot and killed and a 35-year-old woman was wounded, according to ISP. Gabrielle Bolin and Curt Bolin, both from […]
WARSAW, Ind. — After several months of investigation by the drug task force NET43 in Kosciusko County, nearly two dozen people were arrested in what was called “Operation Groundhog.” During the overnight hours from Wednesday into Thursday, officers from multiple law enforcement agencies throughout the county arrested 21 people. During the operation, police seized a […]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Authorities say a plainclothes police officer witnessed two men shooting at each other in an Indianapolis intersection Thursday before engaging with the men and then firing shots at them. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Chief Chris Bailey said the shooting happened just before 1 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of East 30th […]
COLUMBUS, Ind. — A Columbus man is being held in the Bartholomew County Jail after police say he stabbed a woman multiple times early Thursday morning. Columbus police were called to a home on Woodlane Drive just before 3 a.m. Thursday. When officers arrived, they found a woman who had been stabbed multiple times. She […]
