Judge alters red flag process after Indiana FedEx shooting
CASEY SMITH, Associated Press/Report for America
May 6, 2021
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1of3Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears speaks during a news conference in Indianapolis on Monday, April 19, 2021. Mears said a former FedEx employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis never appeared before a judge for a hearing under Indiana s “red flag” law, even after his mother called police last year to say her son might commit “suicide by cop. (Robert Scheer/The Indianapolis Star via AP)Robert Scheer/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears speaks during a news conference in Indianapolis on Monday, April 19, 2021. Mears said a former FedEx employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis never appeared before a judge for a hearing under Indiana s “red flag” law, even after his mother called police last year to say her son mi
Casey Smith May 06, 2021 - 2:37 PM
INDIANAPOLIS - All âred flagâ cases filed by Indianapolis police will now come before a judge after an Indiana prosecutor was criticized for declining to use the law to pursue court hearings that could have prevented a man from accessing the guns used to kill eight people at a FedEx facility last month.
Judge Amy Jones, who oversees the filings of red flag cases in Marion County, issued new guidance this week. All such reports will now go straight to her courtroom instead of the prosecutorâs office. Indianapolis police will have 48 hours to submit those filings, and two judges will then decide within 14 days whether to hold a hearing.
Judge alters red flag process after Indiana FedEx shooting
by Casey Smith, The Associated Press
Posted May 6, 2021 5:37 pm EDT
Last Updated May 6, 2021 at 5:44 pm EDT
INDIANAPOLIS All “red flag” cases filed by Indianapolis police will now come before a judge after an Indiana prosecutor was criticized for declining to use the law to pursue court hearings that could have prevented a man from accessing the guns used to kill eight people at a FedEx facility last month.
Judge Amy Jones, who oversees the filings of red flag cases in Marion County, issued new guidance this week. All such reports will now go straight to her courtroom instead of the prosecutor’s office. Indianapolis police will have 48 hours to submit those filings, and two judges will then decide within 14 days whether to hold a hearing.
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INDIANAPOLIS All “red flag” cases filed by Indianapolis police will now come before a judge after an Indiana prosecutor was criticized for declining to use the law to pursue court hearings that could have prevented a man from accessing the guns used to kill eight people at a FedEx facility last month.
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