Authorities South Bend are investigating the fatal police shooting of a Black man who was reportedly dealing with mental illness and had been threatening to commit suicide near an elementary school.

South Bend police officers fatally shot a man Friday near an elementary school after he apparently pointed a gun at officers during a stand-off, northern Indiana police said.

Police responded to reports of a person shot in the 2900 block of Madison Avenue just after 12 a.m. Sunday.

Three people were found shot to death Friday inside an Indianapolis apartment, police said.

Law enforcement officials announced charges Tuesday against a man who allegedly shot an Indianapolis police officer in Fountain Square last week.

House Bill 1077, as it now stands, keeps Indiana’s handgun carry permit system in place. And it adds a new, “provisional” license – a temporary permit a person can use to carry a handgun in public while the state processes their application for the permanent handgun license.

Indiana House Republicans blocked an effort Monday that wouldve required gun owners to safely store their firearms when a child could access them.

Prosecutors filed nine charges Friday against a man whom officers shot in an Indianapolis suburb after he pointed a gun at them when they found him hours after he fled from a traffic stop.

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

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.