Community Leaders Urge Gun Safety After Pair of Downtown Indy Shootings Wounds 6

Community leaders urge gun safety after pair of downtown Indy shootings wounds 6

INDIANAPOLIS -- Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department continue to investigate a pair of shootings downtown that wounded six people and damaged multiple buildings along the canal and Monument Circle. Court records show an 18-year-old suspect was arrested following the canal shooting. Hearing gunfire along the canal early Saturday morning and seeing his friends and cousin shot, 18-year-old Cortez Starks reportedly confessed…

FOP Blames Courts After Downtown Indy Violence

Source: Rick Snyder / Rick Snyder INDIANAPOLIS — The head of the Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police says the courts are failing to hold teenagers accountable, following another downtown shooting involving a 16-year-old. Police say the teen shot several people early Monday near Monument Circle, shortly after thousands gathered downtown for the Pacers watch party at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. FOP President Rick Snyder says the department is alread…