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'You couldn't ask for a better kid.' 18-year-old shot and killed in Beech Grove
BEECH GROVE — Makayla Sue Bauman recently graduated high school and had plans to go into the medical field. She loved to draw, read, go shopping and hang out with her friends like most teen girls. But more than anything, her mother said, she was willing to learn new things and her...
Road rage over lane change led to shooting on I-465, arrest report says
INDIANAPOLIS — Tempers flaring over a lane change led to a road rage shooting that injured a man on I-465 earlier this month, according to newly filed court documents. On Sept. 3, Indianapolis police responded to reports about shots fired on the interstate near Michigan Road on the north side of the...
New Palestine PD arrests Indianapolis woman for drug dealing resulting in death
NEW PALESTINE, Ind. — The New Palestine Police Department has arrested a woman for drug dealing resulting in death. According to a Facebook post from NPPD, officers were called to the 4500 block of South 500 West for a welfare check on Oct. 19, 2023. The person who asked police to come to the area […]
Teen who lured 3 men to a field to show them how a Glock switch worked and shot them to death gets 189 years in prison
An Indiana man who was 16 when he murdered three people while he was showing them how to turn a Glock into a machine gun will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was given a 189-year sentence this week. Caden Smith, now 19, learned his fate...
IMPD arrest man for alleged role in domestic disturbance incidents
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested a 29-year-old man for his alleged role in multiple domestic disturbance incidents. Montel Swanson was arrested and preliminarily charged with intimidation, domestic battery, pointing a firearm at another, interference with reporting of a crime, and battery resulting in bodily injury. At 3 p.m. Thursday, the IMPD […]
Families comfort each other at sentencing for Indianapolis man who shot and killed ex-wife's new husband at funeral
INDIANAPOLIS — A man who shot and killed his ex-wife's new husband in a church parking lot at her mother's funeral is going to prison for 40 years. Stefen Lowe pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the Nov. 5, 2022 shooting death of Jermaine Turman at Oasis of Hope Church on East 25th Street. A murder charge was dismissed in the plea agreement.
Body found in pond on northeast side of Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has launched a death investigation on the northeast side of Indianapolis. Public police reporting systems indicate IMPD officers were called to the 8400 block of Whipporwill Drive around 3:50 p.m. Friday for a death investigation. At 4:28 p.m., police confirmed they were still working at the scene. Investigators […]