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BLOOMFIELD, Ind. — Students at a rural Indiana high school are helping demonstrate how the state plans to build its cybersecurity workforce.

Gov. Mike Braun and Indiana Secretary of Education Katie Jenner visited Bloomfield Middle and High School Monday, where students demonstrated cybersecurity skills they are learning through their classes.

The visit highlighted Indiana’s Cybersecurity Partnership, which launched in May. The program connects high schools with two- and four-year colleges, the Indiana National Guard and employers.

Students at Bloomfield demonstrated projects from their Project Lead the Way Cybersecurity and AP Cybersecurity classes. The courses can provide opportunities for college credit, industry credentials and work-based learning.

Indiana currently has about 20,000 open cybersecurity positions, according to state officials.

The state currently has cybersecurity programs at about 69 public high schools serving roughly 560 students. Indiana’s goal is to expand those programs to 200 high schools serving about 4,000 students over the next three years.

The pathway can be built through AP courses, Project Lead the Way courses, dual credit or a combination of programs, depending on each school’s staffing and schedule.

The Indiana National Guard also is part of the program, giving students a potential pathway into cybersecurity-related military service.

“Indiana has thousands of open cybersecurity roles, and each one is a career a Hoosier student can train for and fill right here at home,” Braun said.

The program is designed to connect students with cybersecurity degree programs, National Guard opportunities and jobs with Indiana employers.

Indiana officials say the goal is to build the state’s cybersecurity workforce while giving students career-connected training while they are still in high school.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A juvenile died Monday morning following a shooting on Indy’s northwest side, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Online police reports show officers were dispatched to the 600 block of West 39th Street around 7:53 a.m. to investigate a “call for help.”

That area is right off 38th Street and Michigan Road, just north of Crown Hill Cemetery.

There, they located the juvenile who had been shot. IMPD says medics rushed them to a hospital in critical condition. The juvenile, unfortunately, died sometime after arriving at the hospital.

IMPD did not say what may have led up to the shooting or if there were any suspects.

News 8 has a photographer heading to the scene.

This story will be updated with further information once available.

KANSAS CITY (WISH) — The Indianapolis Colts fell to the Chiefs on the road in overtime, 33-30.

Indianapolis held up in the second half, forcing overtime with the score knotted up at 27-27. It was a rollercoaster ride for the Colts in overtime.

After the Colts’ defense allowed a Chiefs field goal on the opening drive of overtime to put the score at 30-27, the Colts offense had a chance to seal the win with a touchdown. After a Daniel Jones 48-yard pass that put the Colts in the red zone, Indianapolis had the Kansas City defense on their heels. Kansas City held the Colts to a 4th and 8, and head coach Shane Steichen decided to kick a field goal instead of going for it to tie the game at 30-30.

The Chiefs offense scored the game-winning field goal on the following drive. Coach Steichen described his decision to kick instead of going for it after the loss.

“I was trying to finish the game with JT [Jonathan Taylor] with the ball in his hands,” Steichen said. “Obviously, he ran it there on first down, ran it again on second down, then we got to a third and long, and they knocked us back there. Daniel [Jones] scrambled there right on the sideline. Then it was fourth and eight, had a play called. Had to love the look to run it there. If not, obviously we took the delay of game there and kicked the field goal to tie it.”

Colts cornerback Sauce Gardner shared his frustrations following the Colts’ narrow overtime loss.

“Those are the types of games that you will think about for a little bit more. A lot of us are probably going to think about it all night like dang man we could’ve done this better, we should’ve did this, we should’ve did that. We’ve got to be able to finish these types of games,” Gardner said. “We went to OT against them last year. They found a way to finish; we’ve got to find a way to finish.”

In overtime, Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker won the game on a 40-yard field goal.

The Colts’ next matchup is next Sunday, September 27th, at home against the Houston Texans.

KANSAS CITY (WISH) — Colts WR Alec Pierce came off the field in the first quarter with an apparent left heel injury and has been ruled out for the remainder of the game.

Pierce hopped off the field favoring his left leg. He went to the injury tent and could not put weight on his left leg. It was a non-contact injury.

Pierce later went to the locker room on a cart.

This story will be updated.

INDIANAPOLIS — A 17-year-old boy was stable after a shooting at a downtown short-term rental early Sunday morning, according to Indianapolis police, medics and neighbors.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were sent at 4:22 a.m. Sunday to the short-term rental home in the Fletcher’s addition in the 1000 block of Harrison Street. That’s a few blocks northeast of the South Split of I-65/I-70 in downtown Indianapolis.

When officers arrived, they found the 17-year-old shot in the leg and called at least 15 people from the house, according to IMPD. A police report said the people ranged in ages from 15 to 20.

Investigators were working to find the person who fired the weapon. No arrests have been announced.

Bullets from the gunfire struck another nearby home, the nearby building of metal supplier Lafayette Steel & Aluminum, and two parked vehicles, a 2021 Nissan Kicks SUV and a 2017 Buick sedan.

Neighbors on the block say they live in fear. One woman, who asked to remain anonymous to avoid retaliation, said she heard the shots and later found a bullet hole in her home. Another neighbor found a bullet hole in the front of her car.

Residents say Sunday’s shooting was the third or fourth disturbance at the short-term rentals on the block in just the last few months.

IMPD reports showed officers were sent to the same short-term rental on June 6 for shots fired. The report noted reckless use of a handgun.

Neighbors told a Circle City Broadcasting reporter that three homes on the block are used as short-term rentals. While the rentals began three years ago, neighbors say, the problems escalated significantly this year.

Nearby homeowners believe the same people own all three rentals, though a local property management company handles the listings.

A Marion County property record lists Hunter and Dakota Baisa as the owners of the home where Sunday’s shooting happened, but the record doesn’t say where they are from. The owners purchased the property in March 2022.

Doorbell camera footage from the morning of the shooting showed what appeared to be a teenager walking outside the home while holding a handgun.

Indianapolis city government maintains a short-term rental registry through the Department of Business and Neighborhood Services, and IMPD enforces penalties if properties are unregistered. Circle City Broadcasting reported in July 2025 that tracking crimes at short-term rental properties relies on individual police response calls rather than a specialized tracking database.

INDIANAPOLIS — A person died Sunday afternoon in a crash involving a vehicle and a motorcycle on the city’s southeast side, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said.

Officers were sent about 2:13 p.m. Sunday to a collision in the 6600 block of South Arlington Avenue.

The person died at the scene. The identity, gender and age of the deceased has not yet been released.

According to investigators, the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and was cooperating with the authorities. IMPD crash investigators were working to determine the cause of the accident.

A department public information officer was not responding to the scene so it was unclear when additional information may be available.

This story was updated to correct the side of the city where the crash happened.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Gunfire happened at a retail and dining hub south of Notre Dame Stadium, forcing the university to alert people to shelter in place just as the game against Michigan State began Saturday night.

ABC57 reported one person was taken to a Memorial Hospital.

The shooting was reported at 7:37 p.m. Saturday at Eddy Street Commons, an urban development with retail and dining situated directly adjacent to the southern boundary of the University of Notre Dame campus.

The Notre Dame Alert Emergency System issued a campuswide warning after the gunman was last seen on the south edge of the campus. University officials ordered those inside the stadium to remain there, while others on campus were told to shelter in place as police searched the area.

Authorities described the suspect as a heavy-set male wearing blue shorts, a black shirt, and one white shoe. Officers from South Bend Police Department and the University of Notre Dame Police Department searched the south edge of campus and the surrounding area for the suspect.

The South Bend Police Department sent a large number of officers to the scene. Police were asking the public to avoid the area and follow all safety instructions from officers on the scene.

GAS CITY, Ind. — A juvenile driver died and four others were injured early Saturday morning after a single-vehicle crash at Gas City Park.

Emergency crews arrived at the park just before 3:30 a.m. Saturday. According to a preliminary investigation by the Indiana State Police, a 2021 Hyundai Elantra was heading southbound on a road near Duck Walk Run when it drove off the road and hit a tree.

Investigators believe speed contributed to the crash, though the Indiana State Police Crash Reconstruction Team continues to evaluate the scene.

Despite lifesaving efforts, the Grant County Coroner’s Office pronounced the juvenile driver dead at the scene. The coroner’s office will release the driver’s identity later.

Four other people were inside the vehicle, including three juveniles. Two were airlifted to area hospitals, while two others were taken by ambulance to local hospitals.

The crash remains under investigation. Troopers were assisted at the scene by the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, Gas City Police Department, Grant County Coroner’s Office, Gas City Fire Department, Grant County EMS, and Marion General EMS.

This story was updated to correct the number of people injured.