Indy's 200th Homicide Of The Year + Reproductive Rights Rally

Rise and shine, Indianapolis! Let's get you all caught up to start this Monday, October 4 off on an informed note. Here's everything worth knowing around Indianapolis today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy, showers around. High: 75 Low: 62.

Here are the top stories in Indianapolis today:

1. Indianapolis hit a grim milestone on Friday night, marking the city's 200th homicide this year, after a man was killed while sitting in a car. Rev. Charles Harrison of the Ten Point Coalition has been on the frontlines of violence reduction in Indianapolis for more than two decades. He says there are a couple of violence prevention issues that the city has neglected, number one being the bottom-up approach to violence prevention that focuses on the unique problems of individual neighborhoods. (WISHTV.com)
2. An Indianapolis man has been charged with illegally purchasing a gun that was used to kill a 7-year-old Chicago child in April. 23-year-old Eric Keys Jr. is one of six Indianapolis residents charged last month with making false statements during the purchase of a firearm and making false statements about information required to be kept by licensed firearms dealers. Keys and the others who were recently indicted face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. (Fox 59)
3. A suspect in a multi-home arson case, David Bradshaw, plead guilty to seven counts of arson across Indianapolis over the span of five years. (WTHR)
4. A reproductive rights rally drew hundreds of participants to the streets in downtown Indianapolis as part of a nationwide call to action in the wake of the controversial Texas anti-abortion law. (WFYI)
5. Butler Blue, mascot for Butler University, is one of 24 mascots nominated for the Mascot Hall of Fame Class of 2022. (WISHTV.com)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.