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A person of interest in the shooting of two students outside a Hammond High School was taken into custody, police said Friday evening.

Following a deadly shooting, the mayor of Hammond has vowed to end the “Hammond Day” festival, a privately run event that takes place in Martin Luther King Jr. Park.

Following a shooting that killed two people and injured two others, Hammond’s mayor has vowed to end a privately run event that takes place in Martin Luther King Jr. Park. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

With Independence Day just a few weeks away, the demand for fireworks is skyrocketing when supplies are limited.

The volunteer kayaker who discovered the body of Kyrin Carter in a river in northwest Indiana on Monday said he never expected to find the missing 12-year-old himself, but he spent days searching with the hope that his skills as a fisherman could help bring the boy home.

Eric Smith, the kayaker who found the body of missing 12-year-old Kyrin Carter in northwest Indiana, details how he found the boy and what made him keep searching.

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Authorities in Hammond have located a body in the Little Calumet River, just yards from the hotel where a 12-year-old boy was reported missing earlier this month. Lisa Chavarria reports.

Authorities have identified the body found in the Little Calumet River in northwest Indiana on Monday night as the 12-year-old boy who was reported missing from that area earlier this month.

The search continues in Hammond, Indiana since a 12-year-old boy with autism went missing this week. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

The mother of a 12-year-old boy with autism who disappeared in Hammond, Indiana says the search group is hopeful he is alive based on a new finding on Wednesday. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

For a fifth day, police, parents and volunteers continued to search for a 12-year-old boy who was reported missing over the weekend in suburban Hammond. Kyrin Carter, who is on the autism spectrum, was last seen at approximately 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Best Western, located on 179th Street near Interstate 80/94, according to police. Surveillance footage captured Kyrin, who…

The mother of a 12-year-old boy with autism who disappeared from a Hammond, Indiana, hotel issued an emotional plea for his safe return Monday as authorities continued to search for the boy for a third day in a row. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

The mother of a 12-year-old boy with autism who disappeared from a Hammond, Indiana, hotel issued an emotional plea for his safe return Monday as authorities continued to search for the boy for a third day in a row.

The mother of a 12-year-old boy with autism who disappeared from a Hammond, Indiana, hotel issued an emotional plea for his safe return Monday. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

Police in Hammond, Indiana, have launched a search for a 12-year-old boy who was reported missing Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

The search for a 12-year-old boy with autism who disappeared from a Hammond, Indiana, hotel entered its second day Sunday. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the latest details.

Police in Hammond, Indiana, have launched a search for a 12-year-old boy who was reported missing Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

Police say a dead person has been was found inside a car submerged in a lake straddling Northwest Indiana and Illinois

A controversial flag in Hammond, Indiana across from a park is sparking a debate over free speech. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.