July 19, 2020 One reporter, two executions -- and haunting last words Convicted killers Daniel Lewis Lee and Wesley Ira Purkey both met their fates last week.
July 17, 2020 Legally armed driver shoots, kills gunman to stop fatal shooting spree in Indiana A legally-armed man shot and killed a gunman in Brownsburg, Ind., this week after a fatal unprovoked shooting, saving a second victim's life in the process.
July 17, 2020 Indiana prosecutor charges 2 men with assault of a Black man at lake after viral video An Indiana prosecutor has brought criminal charges in the case of a black man who accused a group of white men of attempting to lynch him at a lake in an incident caught on video that went viral.
July 16, 2020 Wesley Ira Purkey executed by lethal injection, the second federal execution this week The U.S. carried out its second federal execution this week by killing Wesley Ira Purkey on Thursday morning.Â
July 14, 2020 Attorney says Indiana 'attempted lynching' accusations are false An attorney for two people accused of being involved in a reported assault on a Black man at an Indiana lake claims his clients were falsely accused, according to a report.
July 14, 2020 Daniel Lewis Lee executed for torturing, killing Arkansas family in 1996, first federal execution in 17 years A White supremacist who tortured and killed an Arkansas family – including an 8-year-old girl – was executed Tuesday morning in Indiana.
July 12, 2020 Indiana woman shot, killed after argument with Black Lives Matter supporters, family says An Indiana woman was fatally shot earlier this month following an alleged argument between her family and a group of Black Lives Matter supporters, her family says.Â
July 12, 2020 Execution of Daniel Lee can proceed, federal appeals court rules A federal appeals court on Sunday ruled that the first federal execution in nearly two decades can proceed as scheduled on Monday, overturning a lower court order that had delayed the execution over concerns of the coronavirus.
July 11, 2020 Cold case disappearance of Indiana woman, 18, in 1986 leads to arrest Oklahoma authorities have announced an arrest in the cold case disappearance of an 18-year-old woman 34 years ago.
July 10, 2020 4 children killed in Indiana after semitrailer slammed into their car Four children were killed after the driver of a semitruck – who authorities believe may have been under the influence of drugs – slammed into a car that was slowing in a construction zone on Interstate 70 in eastern Indiana, pushing it into the path of another semi.