Jul 28, 2021 / 07:54 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) Undocumented immigrants could be part of the solution to curbing crime in Indianapolis.
Many times they don’t report crimes, so Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department wants to build trust.
A lot of immigrants say they don’t report crimes because they fear questions about their immigration status, but police and the Marion County prosecutor want them to know that if they need help, they should report it.
“Every person, citizen or not, has the right to be safe, to be treated with respect,” said Randy Diaz, an IMPD immigrant outreach officer. Diaz says he wants to build trust with Latinos, which often starts at schools or groups and talking to students about his job.
(Pria Mahadevan/WFYI)
Public safety officials announced Wednesday that the man who carried out a mass shooting this spring at an Indianapolis FedEx facility was motivated by suicide, not racial bias.
On April 15, 19-year-old Brandon Hole shot and killed eight people working at the FedEx Ground Plainfield facility located in the city’s southwest side on Mirabel Road. After shooting the employees who ranged in age from 19 to 74 Hole shot himself, ending his life. Half of the victims were members of the Sikh community.
Officials from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI said at a press conference Wednesday that their investigation into the incident is complete, and Hole committed the crime because he wanted to die by suicide and kill others before he did so. The investigation revealed Hole had suicidal thoughts daily leading up the shooting.
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Jul 27, 2021 / 05:47 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) Police are investigating the death of a man who appeared to have taken his own life Monday night in the Marion County Jail.
Jail deputies around 9:47 p.m. Monday found 43-year-old Michael Aston unresponsive and not breathing. The deputies began rendering aid to him and called for on-site medical staff and Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.
Aston was pronounced dead at 10:09 p.m. Preliminary information indicates Aston’s death was a suicide by hanging. The sheriff’s office said Aston was not housed in the suicide housing unit because “he didn’t present with suicidal ideations at or after booking.”
Jul 27, 2021 / 09:12 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday arrested a man involved in three Monday night robberies that happened on the south side.
According to IMPD, William Eland III was charged three counts of attempted robbery.
Police say the first robbery occurred at the BP gas station in the 4900 block of East Thompson Road just after midnight.
Shortly after 1:00 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 8000 block of South Emerson Avenue for a second robbery at the Speedway gas station.
Half an hour later, the third robbery was committed at a Shell gas station located in the 8900 block of South Emerson Avenue, according to police.