gun violence

IMPD stopped the man around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday and opened fire on him when he stepped out of a vehicle with a gun.

It’s been more than a year since Indiana removed the requirement for a permit to legally carry a handgun.

In downtown Bloomington, supporters held signs reading “We Can End Gun Violence” during a memorial for shooting victims. City officials hosted the event to remember gun victims and support the Wear Orange movement.

Research on gun violence has been lacking in the past decades. The Meisenheimer’s fund comes 45 years after they lost a relative to gun violence.

An assistant professor at the O'Neill School at IUPUI has released the latest findings on her ongoing study of survivors of nonfatal shootings and their family members.

Jonathan Sapirman, of Greenwood, began firing after leaving a bathroom at the Greenwood Park Mall shortly before it closed Sunday evening, the city’s police chief, James Ison, said at a news conference.

Bloomington’s rally, organized by local high school students, was one of many taking place in the wake of last month’s elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

Across Indiana, there were rallies planned in Indianapolis, South Bend, Fort Wayne, Bloomington, West Lafayette, Columbus and Evansville

Local officials, gun reform advocates and family members of gun violence called for gun reform at an Indianapolis rally led by the Indiana chapter of Moms Demand Action.

Police Chief Mike Diekhoff said violent crime dropped 1 percent, but gun violence increased significantly beginning July 2021.