🌱 West Side Shooting + Meth Stop

Good morning, Indianapolis! Here's everything you need to know to get this Friday started. Here's what's happening today in town.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy with a shower. High: 54 Low: 42.

Here are the top stories today in Indianapolis:

1. One person is in serious condition after a shooting on Indianapolis' west side Thursday morning. Shortly before 5:15 a.m., IMPD officers responded to the 1200 block of Ingomar Street, near West Washington Street and South Lynhurst Drive, on a report of a person shot. Officers arrived on scene and found a person with a gunshot wound. (WTHR)
2. Indiana State Police arrested a man Wednesday after finding over three pounds of meth in his vehicle. Troopers were patrolling along I-69 in Greene County as part of the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Federal Project when they observed a 2014 Hyundai Sonata traveling southbound on I-69, near the 97-mile marker, going 88 MPH in a 70 MPH zone. They then conducted a traffic stop. (985theriver.com)
3. Indianapolis' black businesses are poised to receive financial support. (IndyStar)
4. Indy Fuel's regular season will start this Saturday. (Fox 59)
5. Indianapolis father rearrested in son’s shaken baby death. (Fox 59)

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Today in Indianapolis:

• Animal Adventures: Owls - Hussey - Mayfield Memorial Public Library (10:30 AM)
• Vineyard Live Music (5:00 PM)
• PTO Fall Festival - Southern Hancock County School District (6:00 PM)

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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.