Griffith police officers spent time this week at the Multi-Agency Academic Cooperative in Valparaiso to practice de-escalation and crisis response tactics.
"The Griffith Police Department reiterates its commitment to a zero-tolerance policy for such threats and vows to utilize all available local, state, and federal resources to identify and prosecute the
Mike Lee, 23, was attempting to handle a malfunction of the weapon Saturday when it accidentally discharged, killing his girlfriend, Griffith police said.