A woman is dead and five other people hospitalized after an early morning shooting at an Indianapolis Waffle House. Indianapolis police say a altercation between two groups of people escalated into gunfire, and they recovered two guns — one at the scene and another in a vehicle at a hospital, the Indianapolis Star reported. Police …
Indianapolis police have arrested an 18-year-old man for the mruder of a 77-year-old grandmother. Mary Sims was found dead Friday night with “undisclosed” trauma, according to WXIN. Her granddaughter identified her to the station on Monday. Police detained Zakii Dawson, identified as a “friend of the family” in an online fundraiser, as a person of …
A 37-year-old Indianapolis man was sentenced this week to 30 years in prison and 20 years probation after pleading guilty to raping a child under 4 years old. Court documents say that investigators began looking at Devon Shane Mitchell in February “for criminal activity unrelated to child sexual abuse.” In the court of the investigation, …
Indianapolis police are looking for a 29-year-old person they say may be in need of medical attention. Cassandra Ritchison was last seen on December 2, police said. Ritchison, last seen on Eskenazi Avenue in northwestern Indianapolis, is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall and 125 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. No further …
An Indiana woman deliberately crashed her car into a Black Hebrew school on Friday, believing it was a Jewish school. Ruba Almaghtheh, 34, told Indianapolis police officers she was angry about the Israel-Hamas war and “couldn’t breathe anymore” after watching news coverage, WXIN reported. She said she was enraged by the symbol on the front …
An Indiana apartment complex maintenance man has been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old girl whose body was found in woods behind the apartment building earlier this week. The owner of apartment, the Gene B. Glick Company, confirmed that Tevis Walker, 34, worked at the Carriage House East apartments, the same complex where Janiya …
A man in Indiana was shot to death while apparently attempting to steal a parked Kia Thursday night, but it doesn’t appear it was the car’s owner who stopped the theft. Aaniece Key said she was leaving to go to work shortly after 8 a.m. on Friday and saw man in the driver’s seat of …
An Indiana man has been charged in connection with the death of his 1-year-old daughter, who died a week after she was hospitalized with serious injuries. Indianapolis police were called on July 31 when Amaya Milton first struggled to breathe and then became unresponsive, WXIN reported. She was taken to Riley Hospital, where she died …
A brazen armed robber took $100 from an Indianapolis woman last month, forced her to add him on Facebook, and then asked her out over the social media app. Maybe not the smartest way to get a date, but Indianapolis Police didn’t get Damien Boyce behind bars until June 12, after he allegedly shot two …
Indianapolis police have asked for help finding a missing toddler and his noncustodial mother. Nyeir Vance, 2, and Naje Jackson, 22, were last seen about 9 p.m. on Sunday on the city’s northeast side, police said. The boy is described as 2 feet 6 inches tall and 30 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. …
Jessica Masker was 24 when she disappeared. She gave birth, prematurely, to her second son in February 2013 and visited him regularly in the hospital. She turned 24 in March. And on April 14, she was hospitalized for a possible prescription drug overdose, Indianapolis Police said. That was the day before she went missing. On …
A 25-year-old Indiana man was arrested Friday for neglect after a toddler found a loaded gun and fatally shot himself. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police said the boy was shot Friday night and taken to Riley Children’s Hospital in critical condition, but he later died from his injuries, WISH reported. Jahbar Scott was charged with neglect of …
