Gary Indiana

A 10-year-old girl was struck by stray bullets when someone was fending off a dog Tuesday in Gary, Indiana. A man pulled his van into the parking lot of a store about 3:30 p.m. in the 4100 block of Cleveland Street when a dog charged at him, the Lake County Indiana sheriff’s office said. The man pulled out a gun…

The reward for information has doubled in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy while riding in a vehicle Saturday night in Gary. Demetrius Townsel Jr. was shot and killed after leaving a gas station Saturday in the 600 block of Grant Street, according to community activist Andrew Holmes and local officials. Holmes said Townsel Jr’s twin had to hold…

The reward for information in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy has been doubled as the boy’s family searches for his killer.

The visibly emotional family of a 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot while riding in a vehicle Saturday night in Gary has issued a strong plea, demanding the shooter turn themselves in to police. Demetrius Townsel Jr. was shot and killed after leaving a gas station Saturday in the 600 block of Grant Street, according to community activist Andrew Holmes…

A 29-year-old woman was killed Sunday in a vehicle crash on Interstate 80/90 near Gary, IN. About 3:30 a.m. officers received calls of a single vehicle crash on the I-80/90 near Burr Street, according to Indiana State police. A preliminary investigation found that a white 2008 Chevrolet Impala was driving east when it veered off the road and struck the…

Two Indiana fishermen snagged an unexpected catch in Gary on Monday.

Two Indiana fishermen snagged an unexpected catch in Gary on Monday. The men finishing in Little Calumet River unexpectedly caught what appears to be a live grenade, police said.

 The northwest Indiana city of Gary reported 58 homicides in 2019, which is the highest since 2007 when there were 71, officials said. The murder count last year was up 45% from 40 in 2018, according to The (Northwest Indiana) Times, which cited FBI data. Domestic killings jumped by nearly 90%, from eight in 2018 to 15 in 2019. That includes a…

Two friends from Indiana were determined to give back to their community this holiday season, and they made a special delivery today to a shelter for women and children. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup has the heartwarming story.

The father of a 4-year-old boy who was shot and killed in northwest Indiana early Monday morning had been gunned down earlier this year in Chicago, police confirmed Monday. Tory Dukes, 32, was shot and killed in the 8500 block of South Aberdeen on Sept. 3, according to police. On that day, a ShotSpotter alert had summoned officers to the…

A 4-year-old boy was killed and his pregnant mother was wounded when bullets flew into their northwest Indiana home from outside as they slept early Monday, authorities say. The shooting took place at around 1:10 a.m. in the 4300 block of West 23rd Avenue in Gary, Indiana, according to a statement from Gary police. Officers arrived at the scene to…

A 4-year-old boy was killed and his pregnant mother was wounded when bullets flew into their northwest Indiana home from outside as they slept early Monday, authorities say. Sandra Torres reports.

A 4-year-old boy was killed and a woman was wounded in a shooting Monday in Gary, Indiana, authorities said. Sandra Torres reports.

A man on probation for beating a former lover allegedly beat his current girlfriend to death after he found explicit photos of her with another man, court documents show. James E. McGhee, 38, is charged with murder in the death of Sidne-Nichole Buchanan, whose body he allegedly took in a suitcase and dumped in a Cook County forest preserve, the...

Just hours after authorities confirmed they had found the body of a missing 27-year-old Gary woman, the man accused in her death was arrested and charged with murder, federal officials said.

Authorities confirmed Tuesday that they found a female’s body in an Illinois forest preserve, who was later identified as the missing 27-year-old Gary woman.

The FBI is searching for a 38-year-old man who appeared in a Facebook Live posted by a missing Gary woman during a concert where she was last seen.

A $10,000 reward was offered Friday by the FBI’s Merrillville Resident Agency for information about a 27-year-old woman from Gary who they believe was kidnapped.

It’s been four years to the day that a 21-year-old woman and her 2-year-old nephew went missing in northwest Indiana, but their family is holding out hope that they will still be found alive.