Police/Fire
Journal Gazette
A man killed himself at Westwind Apartments north of Franke Park after barricading himself in his home and firing a gun, police said.
About 8 p.m. Tuesday, the unidentified man was reportedly threatening to shoot people inside the apartment building at 2200 Point West Drive, said Chris Felton, Fort Wayne Police Department public information officer.
Officers had arrived at the building and tried to talk to him. As they evacuated the building, they could hear the armed man continue with his threats to shoot officers and others.
Officers fired tear gas into the apartment in an attempt to get the man to stop shooting, but gunshots continued, police said.
2 rescued from Rudisill Boulevard house fire
The Journal Gazette
An adult and a child were rescued this morning from a house fire that moderately damageda West Rudisill Boulevard residence, Fort Wayne firefighters said today.
Firefighters were called to 355 W. Rudisill shortly after 11 a.m. and found smoke coming from second-floor windows, the Fort Wayne Fire Department said in a statement.
The adult and the child were immediately rescued, the statement said. It said firefighters found a fire in a second-floor bedroom and put it out. The fire was controlled within about 25 minutes of arrival.
One of the residents was taken to a local hospital in good condition, the statement said. No one else was injured.