A man accused of fatally shooting an Indiana police officer who came to his aid following a car crash was convicted Tuesday in the officer's slaying.

The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute awarded more than $3.3 million in grants to 50 law enforcement and government agencies across the state to fund crime prevention efforts.

According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, detectives with the Indiana Crime Guns Task Force were working a separate investigation in the 2900 block of E. 19th Street around 1:30 p.m. when they saw two juveniles approach a vehicle and one juvenile fired a gun.

Right now, there are 12 days during the year inIndiana when local governments aren't allowed to restrict fireworks at all during the evening – New Year's Eve and 11 days around July 4. HB 1053 would shrink that down to just four days – New Year's Eve and July 3, 4 and 5.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department hopes to hire nearly 1,900 new officers over the next few years.

The Clay County Sheriff's deputy was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, state police said.

A man armed with multiple knives stabbed two Indianapolis police officers early Wednesday before they shot and wounded him, authorities said.

The bodies of four people were found in a northeastern Indiana home following a report of shots being fired inside the residence, authorities said.

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

Police arrested the juvenile on Oct. 10, hours after Antonia Macri-Reiner was shot in her home.