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Police release photos of suspect in Glenbrook Square mall shooting
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The Fort Wayne Police Department has released photos of the person suspected of firing shots inside Glenbrook Square mall in Fort Wayne earlier this month. Panic ensued after one person, identified as Brandon Darius Key Jr., pulled out a rifle in the food court shortly after...
Fort Wayne police ask triple shooting witnesses to come forward
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Early on the morning of Sunday May 5, three people were shot in Fort Wayne, one of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries. Fort Wayne police have determined there were dozens of witnesses to the shootings, and the department is urging those people to come forward so they can locate suspects.
Roanoke woman wanted in connection to battery of 2-year-old boy
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A warrant was issued Tuesday for a 21-year-old Roanoke woman accused of battering a 2-year-old boy last November. Alivia Hicks was the child’s primary caretaker, according to a probable cause affidavit written by Fort Wayne Police Officer Michelle Brown. Police began investigating after the Department of Child Services received a report of the toddler being abused.
10-year-old boy dies by suicide; parents say they called the school 20 times about bullying
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA/Gray News) - Parents of a fourth grade student say they lost their son due to relentless bullying at school. Sammy Teusch’s family said he was always on the go and had a bright smile that was hard to miss with an infectious laugh. Sadly, Sammy’s...
Police continue search for Fort Wayne man charged with double murder in January shooting
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — After the Fort Wayne Police Department asked for the public’s help in April in finding a Fort Wayne man accused of fatally shooting two people, the Allen County Sheriff’s Department followed suit Tuesday. Police are still searching for 21-year-old Dionee K. White,...
Former childcare worker arrested over 2023 ‘altercation’ with 12-year-old
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A former childcare worker accused of injuring a 12-year-old with autism in a 2023 altercation was arrested Monday. According to a release from Fort Wayne Police, 26-year-old Sheldon Donald Shearer faces a preliminary charge of battery resulting in bodily injury to a person under the age of 14. Shearer is said to be from Churubusco, according to documents filed in the case.
One in serious condition after a crash on I-69 slows traffic
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — One person is in serious condition following a crash Thursday afternoon that had traffic at a standstill. Dispatch confirmed with WANE 15 that a two-car crash caused backups on I-69 near the 316-mile marker, just past the Dupont Road exit near Parkview Regional Medical Center. The crash happened just after 3:30 p.m.
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