Eastside

INDIANAPOLIS — It’s been an eyesore since its last residents were evicted five years ago. Now, an apartment complex best known for criminal activity is coming down. On Wednesday, after years of efforts to get rid of them, the wrecking ball was finally let loose on the Oaktree Apartments near 42nd Street and Post Road. […]

An 8 year old was hospitalized after a melee between two Eastside families led to the boy being struck in the head with a 2-pound sledgehammer, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan police Department report. According to a resident of the complex, the fight broke out around 8:30 p.m. in the Beechwood Gardens complex. What started […]

A SWAT standoff is underway on the city’s northeast side as authorities close in on the suspect in a fatal bar shooting early Thursday morning. Authorities responded to the Value Place motel at 9515 Pendleton Pike at approximately 11:40 a.m., after an officer saw a vehicle matching the description of the suspect’s car. Police told […]

Indianapolis police are becoming increasingly concerned as the search for a missing 10-year-old girl moved into its second day. Detectives and IMPD’s Missing Persons Unit have been looking for Tatyana Staten, 10, since Friday afternoon. Staten was last seen just before 2 p.m. in the 4300 block of Elizabeth Street, near Shadeland Avenue and 42nd […]