Gov. Eric Holcomb says the Indiana State Police and National Guard are ready to deploy to any community around the state that requests assistance.

The one-night extension is effective beginning at 8 p.m. Monday through 4 a.m. Tuesday. The order contains an earlier end time to accommodate Election Day voting, which begins at 6 a.m.

Police fired tear gas at protesters gathered in downtown Indianapolis Sunday, well ahead of a county-wide curfew was set to begin at 8 p.m. But as the curfew took hold, calm settled on the city.

Hundreds of people gathered at the Statehouse Sunday to hear the citys faith leaders call for peaceful protests and accountability from elected officials and the police.

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett instituted county-wide curfew to start Sunday at 8 p.m.

Police say two people are dead following shootings that occurred late Saturday night amid violent protests in downtown Indianapolis.

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Randal Taylor addressed protests that turned chaotic and violent Friday night.

What began as a peaceful protest early Friday evening on Fort Waynes Courthouse Green turned into tear gas and riot gear by 8 p.m.

A gathering of a few hundred people in downtown Indianapolis Friday that stretched from the afternoon until night ended in police officers releasing tear gas and shooting rubber bullets at the crowds.

The shots were fired into the Masjid-E-Noor mosque Sunday night, narrowly missing worshippers inside who had concluded a sunset prayer.