An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer was shot Sunday evening on the city's east side.

Two Clark County judges were shot early Wednesday in the parking lot of a downtown Indianapolis White Castle restaurant.

Police say they do not believe the shooting had to do with their judicial duties. Both remain in stable condition at local hospitals.

IMPD is focused on reducing gun violence, as the city is on pace to set a new record for criminal homicides this year.

Prosecutors have charged two teens in the shooting of an off-duty Marion County sheriff's deputy during an attempted robbery at an Indianapolis restaurant where he was working as a security guard.

Dr. Ben Rodgers, assistant professor of neurological surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has been outspoken about gun violence both before and after the NRA controversy. Side Effects spoke to him about the NRA controversy.

An IMPD leiutenant says previous gun buyback programs did not reduce crime.

The shooting happened late Sunday on the city's northwest side, near where people were gathered for a jazz festival.

The City-County Council heard Mayor Joe Hogsett's proposed 2019 budget and passed a resolution recognizing gun violence as a public health issue.

The study focused on Indiana and Connecticut's firearm seizure laws. While Connecticut's suicide rate has been offset by different factors over 10 years, Indiana's has gradually decreased since the enactment of the seizure law.