One officer fired his handgun and the shots hit both a dog and a person who was attempting to corral the canines, police said.

Cody’s 16-year career with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit ends Tuesday on Monument Circle.

Two of the bodies were found Tuesday night by an off-duty Indianapolis police officer. The third body was located during a subsequent search of the area between a creek and Interstate 465, police said.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently released data which showed there were 186 hate crimes reported in Indiana in 2020, more than double the amount that was reported the previous year.

An Indianapolis police officer has been charged for using excessive force against a man during a September arrest.

A handgun fired at police in Indianapolis last month has been linked to three homicides, police said.

To bring us more on national trends in police oversight, WFYI’s criminal justice reporter Katrina Pross spoke with Cameron McEllhiney, the director of training and engagement for the National Association for Civilian Oversight in Law Enforcement.

The reformed civilian-majority Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department's Use of Force Review Board began meeting in July, but national police oversight experts and some Indianapolis residents say it doesn't have enough power to hold police responsible for using excessive force nor enough transparency to involve the public.

An Indianapolis police officer shot and wounded an armed woman wanted on warrants as he was trying to arrest her late Wednesday in connection with a recent shooting, police said.

Four officers shot and killed a woman on the near northside of Indianapolis Friday afternoon, police say.