INDIANA - The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) today announced 102 newly designated and/or redesignated Purple Star schools - the largest group since the award was created in 2020. The designations include several local schools. Schools receiving the Purple Star designation .
Suspect in shooting on Mary Castle school campus dies after police chase
Brandon Shockley led a high-speed chase from Vigo County into Illinois on Monday until the suspect went off the road and there was a shootout with officers. Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 2:55 PM EDT May 5, 2021
VIGO COUNTY, Ind.
Editor s note: The video above is a previous report from the day of the shooting.
The suspect in an attempted murder near a school on the northeast side of Indianapolis last week has died.
Authorities said 32-year-old Brandon Shockley died Monday after leading officers on a pursuit into Illinois and exchanging gunfire with them.
Mary Castle School Shooter Believed Dead After Chase Into Illinois
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. A man wanted in the shooting of a parent outside an elementary school in Indianapolis is believed to be dead after a police chase near Terre Haute.
IMPD detectives say Brandon Shockley was the man who shot the parent at Mary Castle Elementary School. Detectives tracked down a car similar to one that Shockley used to get away on westbound I-70 in Terre Haute.
The driver refused to stop and tried to flee police, used stop sticks to try to bring the car to a stop. The driver kept going at slower speeds into Illinois after hitting stop sticks and eventually went off into a ditch.
View Comments
The suspect accused of shooting a woman on elementary school property last week has died following a police chase past the western Indiana-Illinois state line near Terre Haute.
The Vigo County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were alerted by state police on Monday to be on the lookout for an attempted murder suspect driving a blue Chevrolet Malibu.
Indianapolis police confirmed the wanted man was 32-year-old Brandon Shockley, accused of shooting a woman outside Mary Castle Elementary School on Friday afternoon.
Vigo Sheriff s officials said a deputy near mile marker 7 saw the car at about 10:30 p.m. Monday and followed it westbound. Sheriff John Plasse in a statement on Facebook said state police set up tire-deflating stop sticks near the state line, and the Chevrolet Malibu continued into Illinois at a reduced speed.
An elementary school and early learning center in the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township were closed Monday after a shooting on school property last week, the district said.
Both Mary Castle Elementary School and ELC Mary Castle were closed after the domestic incident in which an estranged family member shot a woman outside the early learning center about 1 p.m. Friday, according to the district and police.
The woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition, and no children were hurt in the incident, according to a police report.
An alert posted to the Lawrence Township schools webpage Monday morning said students should not attend school Monday and noted there would be no virtual instruction.