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Indianapolis officer fatally shoots suspect in armed carjacking
An Indianapolis police officer fatally shot a suspect in an armed carjacking Tuesday after the suspect dropped something while fleeing on foot and reached to pick it up, police said.
Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were dispatched to the city’s east side just before 9 a.m. about a carjacking. A female victim told officers that a suspect had approached her car at gunpoint and demanded the vehicle and other items.
She told police additional suspects had remained in their vehicle while the carjacking took place and that all the suspects then fled in her car and their vehicle.
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After a description of both vehicles was broadcast to officers, one officer located the two vehicles and encountered a male suspect, telling him to “get on the ground,” police said in a statement.
The suspect instead began running away toward the suspects’ gray sedan while the officer commanded the suspect to “drop the gun,” police said.
An Indianapolis police officer has reportedly shot and killed an armed carjacking suspect.
As the suspect neared the sedan, the suspect “dropped an item and went to grab it,” and the officer then opened fire. He fired shots three separate times, striking the suspect at least once, police said.
Police Chief Chris Bailey said the suspect was pronounced dead at a hospital and the other suspects fled the scene in the sedan. He said at an afternoon news briefing that the suspect had “dropped something,” though it’s unclear whether he dropped a gun or something else.
“I’m heartbroken for everyone involved in this. This is not something we want to ever happen,” Bailey said.
Bailey said that officers found two firearms near the suspect. The chief said the officer who fired his gun was equipped with a body-worn camera that was activated at the time.
That officer has been placed on administrative leave, a routine step following shootings involving police officers.
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Have more comments, questions? Reach out to me at bwhite1@dispatch.com. Letters are lightly edited for clarity.
On Ohio Stadium
Mr. White: My wife and I are longtime OSU football season-ticket holders, and after receiving the survey email from OSU, reading Rob Oller’s comments regarding the stadium restrooms and, finally, your published letters, I have a few comments. Rather than having our athletic director and his entourage review the consolidated survey responses from ticket holders and view the recommendations of potential actions to take, why don’t they personally experience what we season-ticket holders do? This coming season I suggest they divide up and sit individually in the seats we common folks sit in (no premium seating or seats between the 20-yard lines) and experience what it’s like to stand up to let other ticket holders pass by for their seats, standing in line for concessions and the time they had to wait to use the restrooms. At a game last year, I left my seat with three minutes left in the first half to use the restroom and get my wife and I some snacks and bottled water. The lines were so long that I returned to our seats halfway through the third quarter. My wife attempted to contact me, but the weak Wi-Fi did not allow her messages to go through. I believe an experience such as this would provide the AD and his staff more valuable feedback than a filtered survey.
Benny Wolfinger, Powell
To Benny: Great “average fan” angle here. Have AD Ross Bjork sit with you during a game and fetch snacks for the family midway through the third quarter, then fill out the survey. Hopefully his response to y’all isn’t “Buy a suite.”
On high school football
To the editor: Thank you for the Sunday Huddle topic “Greatest of the Great“ central Ohio’s best high school football player. A comparison is highly subjective, recognizing the different era and positions as well as supporting cast. Archie Griffin was Eastmoor’s nearly total offense his junior and senior years. When the game would start, the loudspeaker announcer would say “Archie Griffin carried the ball.“ Then after two or three carries it was “Archie Griffin.“ A couple more handoffs and it was “Archie.“ He would carry about 30 times a game, with the defense knowing exactly who was carrying the ball. The only unknown was which side of the line.
Bob Weiler
To Bob: The poll is still open and getting great response. At this writing, Upper Arlington’s Jeff Backes leads with 40% of the vote, followed by Griffin (22.8%), East’s Chic Harley (8%) and Central’s Hopalong Cassidy (7%).
On hockey
To Brian: Will someone please explain to me why fighting is allowed − even condoned − in the sport of professional hockey? Football, baseball, basketball, soccer, etc. players who engage in fisticuffs are routinely ejected from games, probably fined and possibly suspended. In hockey, fighting is simply a penalty. Witness the photo on page 4C of (the April 22) Dispatch, showing Blue Jackets’ Mathieu Olivier and Bruins’ Mark Kastelic mixing it up. Almost every face in the crowd is either smiling or laughing − no looks of disgust or outrage − and the two referees are simply standing there watching, making no move to break it up.
To those who would answer my inquiry by saying it’s just part of the game, my response is that’s why I hate it. I wouldn’t go to a hockey game if you gave me free tickets and offered to take me to the venue in a limo.
Mike Adamkosky, Columbus
To Mike: Hockey people swear by it as a great means of self-enforcement. I don’t get it. Never will.
On Ohio State football
To Brian: The recent Dispatch article citing Caleb Downs’ complaint of Michigan teaching players to hold is laughable. Of course they do, as on every team. OSU doesn’t? Has Downs actually watched any football games at any level lately? Pro, college, high school −makes no difference. There is literally holding on the line of scrimmage on every play if you watch closely. The holding call is only made when the holding is so incredibly obvious that a nearly blind person could see it, and then sometimes it still is not called. If all actual holding by players was called, the game would literally grind to a halt. It’s the same in basketball with carrying the ball or the the NBA four step in the drive to the hoop. There are rules against it, but it’s seldom if ever called. Come to think of it, nowadays there are no carrying or palming the basketball calls period.
Chet Ridenour Sr, Worthington
To Chet: I have never seen a fan base whine about holding more than Ohio State’s. And now Downs is just fueling it more. Every team holds. And they should as long as it’s not getting called.
To Brian: The Browns have had 13 head coaches (two interim) since the new era began in 1999. Kevin Stefanski could only make two wild-card slots in the last six seasons. Since Cleveland’s NFL debut in 1950, 69 different quarterbacks have started, including Baker Mayfield and former Ravens’ veteran Joe Flacco. Both got the Browns into the playoffs. The Browns overall win pct. is .503, yet only .334 since ’99 (146-290-1); just four winning seasons. A new coach or QB won’t improve their chances. The weather, injuries and inconsistency are chronic issues. So, build a retractable dome and use it for multiple events. Could a Myles Garrett-for-Quinn Ewers trade “save” the beloved Browns?
Larry Cheek, Dublin
To Larry: Weather, injuries and luck have nothing to do with the Browns’ misery. It is bad decisions, and getting Ewers for Garrett would fall right into that pile.
On Indiana football
To Brian: I was disappointed to see so many empty seats at Indiana football’s spring game. While it was on a weeknight and opposite the NFL draft, it was free and they certainly had something to celebrate. But I surprised to see enthusiasm for the miraculous success they now enjoy was underwhelming.
Dennis Singleton, Dayton
On Michigan basketball
To the editor: As a gracious Buckeye, I tip my cap to the team up north for winning the NCAA championship. Sorry, Woody, a title is a title. Hang the banner. Sure, the roster looked more like a free-agency convention than a student body. Call them transfers, call them mercenaries – call them champions. In today’s world, the line between locker room and ledger sheet is pretty thin. They played. They paid. They prevailed. Congratulations. And while I will debate teamwork and toughness, only the accountants and the IRS will know the real final score.
Michael Oser, Upper Arlington
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South Dakota’s special postseason run came to an end in a 5-4 loss in eight innings against Grand Canyon at the Lincoln Regional, but it didn’t come without some heroics on each side.
Jada Cooper won the game for the Antelopes with a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the eighth. South Dakota pitcher Peyton Paulsen got the first two outs of the inning, then Sydney McCray and Raegan Holtorf singled to set up Cooper’s swing.
“Credit to Grand Canyon, they had a super fast runner at second base and it was going to be hard to throw her out,” South Dakota head coach Robert Wagner said. “We made an effort on it, but overall it’s a good game. I’m really proud of the players, coaches and everybody involved.”
Grand Canyon will face top-seeded Nebraska in the Lincoln Regional Final at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17. The winner will move on to the Super Regional round.
South Dakota sent the game to extra with two runs in the top of the seventh to tie the game at four. Sara Iburg walked and Ella McGee doubled with one out, and Katie Hofmann was sent up to pinch hit for Brynnly German.
Hofmann delivered her fifth hit of the season and doubled her season RBI total with a two-run single to tie the game. Hofmann was in tears of joy on first base, and first base coach Shannon Pivovar looked her in the eyes and said, “I’m so proud of you.”
Grand Canyon broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the sixth, with Tinley Lucas and Ellie Pond hitting home runs on back-to-back pitches.
Campbell German got the start in the circle for South Dakota after Madison Evans got the win over Louisville. She surrendered a run in the first and another in the third. Campbell German’s final line was six innings, 11 hits, three walks, four runs, three earned and three strikeouts.
The sophomore pitcher entered the game with a 5.81 ERA in 2026, but navigated trouble constantly to give South Dakota a shot at the regional final.
Paulsen went 1.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits.
“Campbell and Peyton did a great job,” Wagner said. “There’s a few things defensively we’d like to have back, clean up, but Campbell kept them off balance and she made some pitches and was using the elements to her advantage.”
The Coyotes took a 2-1 lead in the top of the third. Kiya Johnson drove in Autumn Iversen and McGee with a single.
McGee led the ‘Yotes with three hits and two runs scored, Johnson finished with two hits and an RBI, Hofmann had a single and two RBIs, Iversen walked three times and scored once, Iburg walked and scored a run, Brooke Carey singled and Abi Brown drew a walk.
South Dakota finished its season with a 25-36-1 record, but the Coyotes won their first conference tournament championship and NCAA Tournament game in the program’s 48-year history.
“The experience is invaluable because, you can say it all you want, but now they’ve been through it,” Wagner said. “I think moving forward, it’s going to benefit the players and the program.”
ASHWAUBENON (WLUK) — Luke Combs may be the leading man, but he can’t put on a show alone.
Mat Maxwell plays bass and Jake Sommers plays drums for Combs on tour.
Mat Maxwell plays bass and Jake Sommers plays drums for Combs on tour. They spent Saturday morning hosting a clinic at Heid Music in Ashwaubenon. (WLUK)
They spent Saturday morning hosting a clinic at Heid Music in Ashwaubenon.
The clinic focused on giving insight to aspiring musicians about how to have a successful music career and improve their playing.
Mat Maxwell plays bass and Jake Sommers plays drums for Combs on tour. They spent Saturday morning hosting a clinic at Heid Music in Ashwaubenon, May 16th, 2026. (WLUK/Austin Roth)
Sommers says at the end of the day musicians need to be their own best advocates.
“Hopefully with a little timing and a little luck, y’know you meet that right person,” he said. “And either y’know you want to do the band thing, cool. Or like what we do, we’re side men and obviously our careers depend on said artist and it’s just a belief thing.”
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