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What One Year With the Crime Gun Task Force Means, What Cops Say Hinders Them

  Sen. Jean Breaux, D-Indianapolis, stood to talk about gun violence in Indiana. Breaux asked the Senate to stand for a moment of silence honoring the FedEx victims and all other victims of gun violence in Indiana. Photo by Taylor Dixon, TheStatehouseFile.com. Before the Indiana Senate heard bills Monday, a few senators spoke about gun violence in light of the FedEx shooting last Thursday.  Sen. J.D. Ford, D-Indianapolis, among other Democratic lawmakers, called for action regarding gun laws. Ford said today that Thursday’s shooting took place just miles from his home on the wes...

Originally published April 16, 2021 in  After one of the worst workplace shootings in Indiana and the third mass shooting in Indianapolis this year, lawmakers are sending their condolences and pushing for conversations about how to address gun violence.  Late Thursday night, a mass shooting at the FedEx Ground Plainfield Operations Center near the Indianapolis International Airport left eight people murdered, several injured and the suspected gunman dead by suicide. Five employees were transported to the hospital with injuries.  FedEx employees are not allowed to have their phones with...

Mar 16, 2021 / 07:54 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — State lawmakers are focused on tracing guns used in crimes and legislation moving through the Statehouse would create a Crime Guns Task Force to address violence in Central Indiana. Every time a gun is fired, it leaves microscopic marks on the bullet and cartridge case. Those marks are unique, like a fingerprint. If the gun’s involved in an illegal shooting, state Rep. Greg Steuerwald said it goes into a national database. “Just like DNA, when the gun is subsequently used in another crime, then it’ll be what they call a ‘hit.’ It...