The Gary Police Department continues to review its operating procedures, enhance technology and direct new resources toward solving violent crime, Maj. Chief Jerry Williams said at a press conference Friday.
The Homicide Task Force will fill a void left when Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez announced in December that he would be disbanding the Metro Homicide Unit and deploying those detectives elsewhere within the department. Six Gary Police detectives will be assigned to the task force along with two ISP troopers. A member of the state excise police will be assigned to the task force to assist in investigations.
An Indiana State Police officer died Friday after being struck by a car driven by a man who was evading police on Interstate 69 near Auburn, a news release said.
Standing in the same church where they first announced the murder of Liberty German and Abigail Williams, Indiana State Police announced they have arrested a man in connection to the