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Recovery facility approved for site
Zoning board OKs use of ex-church property
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
A residential facility that uses a faith-based approach to help people recover from substance abuse was approved Thursday night to locate in a former Missionary Church property at West Rudisill Boulevard and South Wayne Street.
Andy Collins, executive director of Adult & Teen Challenge of Northern Indiana, told the Fort Wayne Board of Zoning Appeals the group was requesting a special use to locate a Fort Wayne-based “intake center” at the building, which is in a single-family residential zone.
He said the organization is based at 1111 Bristol St., Elkhart, but is part of a 63-year-old national organization with more than 250 centers in the United States and 1,500 in the world.
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.