Violence prevention experts from Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota visited Indianapolis to exchange ideas about maintaining peaceful communities.
Tag: gun violence
Posted inCitywide
Photos: Indy Peace Fellows celebrate graduation milestone
In June, a group graduated from the city program, which aims to reduce violence in Indianapolis.
Posted inNeighborhoods
He was shot 9 times. A surprise hospital visitor changed everything.
Ty’trell Averitte-Bass met life coach Daniel Mallory on a path to redemption.
Posted inNeighborhoods
What Indy teens really want — ‘a peaceful generation’
The Talking Guns Project unifies teen voices around finding peaceful solutions to youth gun violence.
Posted inNeighborhoods
Customers, family remember restaurant owner slain outside his business
Customers and friends came together Thursday to support the family of George Barnett Nelson Sr., who was gunned down Wednesday night outside his restaurant.
Posted inNewsroom
Indianapolis BBQ restaurant owner shot and killed
George Nelson Sr., the owner of Pa & Ma’s Backyard BBQ, was shot Wednesday night near Dr. Martin Luther King and West 26th Streets.
Posted inGovernment
IMPD has not tracked curfew violations since it announced a crackdown in April
The curfew was intended to be another tool in the city’s ongoing effort to curb the skyrocketing youth gun violence problem.
Posted inGovernment
Supreme Court strikes down ban on rapid-fire bump stocks
The devices were banned after the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas. The SCOTUS decision puts them back in civilian hands.
Posted inEducation
Gun violence hits crisis point for Indy students: ‘We are at war’
Children and teens are being shot at an alarming rate, Indianapolis Public Schools board members said.
