🌱 IPS Remote Learning + Arrests Made In March 2021 Homicide

Hello, people of Indianapolis! It's me again, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Indianapolis Daily.

First, today's weather:

Periods of sun with a flurry. High: 39 Low: 29.

Here are the top three stories in Indianapolis today:

1. Eight Indianapolis Public Schools are moving to remote learning for the rest of the week due to staff absences. The schools are closed on Monday and Tuesday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as well as a professional development day. Officials expect classes to resume in person after the break. (WISHTV.com)
2. Two juveniles were arrested in connection to a March 2021 homicide that took the life of 30-year-old Dusty Lawrence. The shooting occurred in a neighborhood along Rinehall Drive, when Lawrence, his pregnant wife, and his daughter went to meet the suspects they met online to sell items. Prosecutors expect the case will be direct filed into adult court and not go into the juvenile system because both suspects are at least 16-years-old. (Fox 59)
3. Victims of the FedEx mass shooting will not be filing a lawsuit against Indianapolis for failing to use the red flag Law to keep the shooter from buying guns. The Sikh Coalition was seeking $2.1 million in compensation from the city over failing to file a red flag case against the shooter a year before the mass shooting. The city did not respond that it would pay the compensation or deny before the Jan. 10 deadline, which is the same as issuing a denial — allowing for the claimants to move forward with a lawsuit. (WTHR)

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Today in Indianapolis:

• Introduction To Microsoft Word Online, At Indianapolis Public Library (11:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• On Wednesday, MOTW Coffee & Pastries offered a free speciality drink and pastry to anyone who got tested outside their shop on 38th street! (Instagram)
• Indianapolis Indians will be welcoming their new manager, Miguel Perez, and the rest of the 2022 coaching staff to the Circle City this summer. (Facebook)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners, and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.