Violent weekend leaves a 17-year-old dead following block party shooting

Victims speak out following weekend violence

INDIANAPOLIS It was a violent couple of days in Indianapolis.One incident involved an off-duty Anderson police officer Monday morning on the near east side. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said the officer and a suspect fired shots at each other when the Anderson officer tried to recover his stolen personal car. The officer believed he was shot, but a notice has since gone out that his injuries were not related to a gunshot. Two …

Violent weekend leaves a 17-year-old dead following block party shooting

INDIANAPOLIS—A violent weekend left a 17-year-old dead following a shooting on Indy's near northeast side. The violence coincides with IMPD’s latest awareness campaign. Police said the deadly shooting took place during a large block party. Just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday, IMPD officers patrolling a large block party near 29th and Dearborn heard gunfire and located a three-car accident where they said several people shot at each other. 17-year-ol…

Reports of violence, weapons at field parties over long weekend