CRIME & SAFETY

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – It began with one man punching another inside a south side bar after 2 a.m. It ended with people spilling to the outside, multiple gunmen firing their weapons in various directions, a security guard firing a gun of his own, two people left in life-threatening condition from bullet wounds and one man facing an attempted murder charge.

A woman convicted in an attack where she split a man's skull with a baseball bat received a 2-year prison sentence in Allen Superior Court on Friday.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Police responded to the scene of a crash at the intersection of Broadway and W Jefferson Blvd. in downtown Fort Wayne Saturday evening. The crash happened shortly after 7:00 p.m. Three cars were involved in the crash. One of them could be seen flipped...

An Allen Superior Court judge sentenced a 16-year-old boy who admitted to a south side killing this past October to 55 years in prison Friday.

AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) — A driver was headed northbound on I-69 near mile marker 327 when his truck veered into a cable median while he had a seizure on the road. According to release from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, the driver was identified as 27-year-old Jared Mertz of Columbia City. Mertz was driving his 1993 Ford F-150 pick-up when he began to experience a medical emergency. The truck continued to veer off the road and struck a cable barrier. The truck did not stop for another 150 yards.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A 30-year-old Fort Wayne man was found guilty on Friday in the fatal shooting of three men back in 2018. Jacquail Belcher was found guilty of three counts of murder and a firearm enhancement by an Allen County jury on Friday, following an hour and a half of deliberation.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The Fort Wayne Police Department says they are looking for help finding a missing 32-year-old woman. The woman, who was not named, was last seen walking a Shih Tzu dog in the area near Lafayette and E Pontiac Streets. They say she is about 5′4″ and was seen wearing pink glasses with a floral top and beige shorts.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The Allen County Sheriff’s Department says a woman was seriously injured in a stabbing early Thursday morning. Police say they were told of a person who walked into a local hospital with stab wounds around 6 a.m. Officers say they found the woman was hurt in a stabbing along Benwell Place, in a mobile home park near the airport.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Was the 2018 triple homicide all about retaliation?. That’s what an Allen County informant told the jury Wednesday on the second day of Jacquail Belcher’s murder trial, but it took defense attorney Ryan Gardner to say it loud enough for the entire courtroom to hear.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) responded to a structure fire south of downtown Fort Wayne just after 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Crews were spotted in the 2900 block of Broadway, which is just north of Foster Park and Clyde Theatre. The FWFD said...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) - A Fort Wayne man was sentenced to 120 months in prison after pleading guilty to distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Shaine Shepherd, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady. The sentence is to be followed by three years of...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — So where was Jacquail Belcher the night of June 28, 2018?. At his home on Plaza Drive, babysitting his little sister, Shadasha Lee, now 12, and another sibling?. Or was he with three companions he reportedly shot to death at Fourth and Harrison Streets...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Fort Wayne police arrested a juvenile Wednesday afternoon in connection with a shooting that left a woman in critical condition back in August of 2022. It’s the second person to be charged. The shooting took place at about 1:30 a.m. on August 20 in the...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) - Fort Wayne police arrested a man barricaded in his home early this morning. Police received a 911 hang-up call from someone in the 1000 block of East Berry Street around 1:30 a.m. While officers were en route, dispatch received text messages from a woman claiming...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The Fort Wayne Fire Department responded to a house fire Wednesday evening. Fire officials say the fire happened in the 2900 block of Oakwood Drive around 7:25 p.m. First responders say the fire was coming from the attic. They say the fire was extinguished in...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A man was arrested after an early Tuesday morning armed robbery west of downtown. Police say they were called to the 2000 block of Broadway, near Taylor Street, a little after midnight Tuesday. A woman told police dispatch she was robbed at gunpoint. They say...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — First, he shot at a father dropping off his son at Weisser Park Youth Center and then wanted to know why he didn’t “blow back.”. Eight days later around 4:15 a.m., he shot up the back of a home in the 3700 block of Bowser Avenue, one bullet striking a man in his buttock.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Allen County Sheriff’s Department (ACSD) has issued a Public Safety Alert for a 12-year-old girl last seen near Lakeside Park. Authorities sent out a mobile push alert saying that 12-year-old Adriania Henriquez is missing and was last seen around the intersection of Lake Avenue and Anthony Boulevard by Lakeside Park.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Police are investigating a crash involving three vehicles north of downtown Fort Wayne Thursday evening. Officers were seen at the intersection of Lima Road and Norfolk Avenue in front of the Prairie Farms Dairy plant, which is located just south of Glenbrook Square. An...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) - Fort Wayne police are asking the public for information about a Monday night shooting. Police responded to a call about a shooting in the 500 block of Buchanan Street around 9:32 p.m. Upon arrival, they found a woman with minor abrasions received from shattered glass...