INDIANAPOLIS — One person is in critical condition following a shooting on Indianapolis’ east side, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Police arrived at the 3800 block of N. Franklin Rd. Officers found a person shot, believed to be an adult female. Police say she is reported to be in critical condition.

IMPD is investigating what led up to the shooting and will provide updates as they become available.

This story is still developing. Check back here for updates.

(CNN) — President Donald Trump has fired Katie Zacharia as press secretary, advisers to the president said, ending her turbulent week-long stint as the White House’s top spokesperson.

Trump told reporters earlier he had asked Zacharia to reconsider her role, all but declaring her brief tenure in the job over.

“Honestly, if I were you, I’d reconsider,” Trump said he told Zacharia on Friday morning.

He said they would speak when he returned to the White House and he would leave the decision to her. But he did not sound particularly encouraging of his embattled press secretary.

“Katie, do you need this?” he said he told her. “I don’t think you need this.”

It was a remarkable vote of no confidence in Zacharia, who entered the job a week ago. Her shaky debut in the briefing room on Tuesday and persistent questions about her background had led to immense scrutiny from the media and fellow Trump aides. A White House official told CNN that Zacharia was “transitioning out” of the press secretary role, and a Trump adviser said she’d be leaving the White House in the next few days.

Speaking as he was leaving the White House for a political rally in Georgia, Trump said Zacharia had been mistreated by the media and praised her as a loyal supporter.

But he made clear he did not believe Zacharia was suited to speak on his behalf as the government’s top spokesperson.

“Maybe it’s not for her,” he conceded.

A source close to the president told CNN that Trump still respects and likes Zacharia as a person, insisting the way Trump described the conversation with Zacharia was accurate.

That source and another also said that Zacharia and her family are having dinner with Vice President JD Vance and his family Friday night at the vice president’s residence, a signal that the administration still holds her in high regard.

Zacharia had captured Trump’s attention as a conservative commentator on television, and her hiring occurred quickly after other candidates were deemed ineligible because of critical comments they made about Trump.

Her inexperience was revealed quickly, however. At the White House lectern on Tuesday, she appeared nervous and only took three questions. Later in the day, she offered a confusing answer to a question about where she had passed her bar exam, since she’d been described by Trump as an “attorney” when he announced her hiring.

As it turned out, she had never passed the bar exam, she explained in a series of surprisingly tense interviews on Fox News. And she was vague about whether she would appear again in the briefing room.

It all led to deepening questions inside the White House about how long Zacharia could possibly last in the job.

Trump did not initially think Zacharia’s performance at her first press briefing was as bad as some of his advisers had, two sources familiar with the discussions said. However, her interviews that followed — specifically her Thursday night appearance on Fox News with Sean Hannity — and conversations he subsequently had with his allies convinced him that it was untenable for her to remain in the role, they added.

Trump remarked to allies and advisers this week that perhaps she “wasn’t ready for prime time,” one person with direct knowledge of his comments told CNN.

Her five-day-long tenure ultimately came in shorter than that of Anthony Scaramucci, whose 11-day tenure as White House communications director in 2017 is now used as a measuring stick for the relative longevity of embattled White House officials.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–A Bloomington father is asking people around the world to listen to his late son’s music after sharing his story with British social media stars Josh and Jase during their visit to Indiana.

Josh and Jase, who have built a large following by exploring American communities and sharing stories about the people they meet, are asking their followers to help bring attention to the music of Ben Schwartzman, the son of BuffaLouie’s owner Ed Schwartzman.

In a social media post, Josh said he met Ed during the duo’s visit to Bloomington and was moved by the story of a father trying to keep his son’s memory alive.

Ben was a musician who began performing in coffee shops, playing in bands and writing original songs by age 16. He struggled with bipolar disorder and depression and died by suicide 19 years ago, according to Josh’s post.

Before his death, Ben recorded 11 original songs. Ed later worked to make the music available on streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music.

Josh said the proceeds from Ben’s music go to Centerstone, a nonprofit that provides mental health and addiction recovery services.

“Could we come together and give Ben’s music the audience his dad has always hoped it would find?” Josh wrote in his post.

He encouraged followers to search for Ben Schwartzman on Spotify or Apple Music, listen to his songs and share the music with others.

“I never expected that one of the most meaningful things I’d take away would be a conversation with a dad who simply wants his boy to be remembered,” Josh wrote.

Josh and Jase have gained popularity for traveling around the United States, highlighting local communities and sharing stories about people they meet along the way.

Their Indiana visit comes as fans gather for the Indiana University football game against Ohio State.

INDIANAPOLIS — Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez has reached an agreement in a civil lawsuit brought by the victim in his October 2025 battery case.

An online court entry from Oct. 6 shows that both Sanchez and Tole appeared in court over the telephone on Oct. 2 and “notified the court that they reached an agreement in principle.”

Tole was the truck driver Sanchez fought in October 2025 in Indianapolis. The encounter began over a parking dispute in an alley near a downtown hotel. Both men were hospitalized after the encounter.

Sanchez, who was in Indianapolis working as a color commentator for Fox Sports at the time, was arrested after the confrontation with Tole and charged with felony battery.     

The filing also noted that Tole’s lawyers would file a motion to dismiss on or before Jan. 8, 2027.

Sanchez is still set to plead guilty in his criminal case out of Marion County.

INDIANAPOLIS — As convicted killer Jeffrey Weisheit faces execution for the murders of two young children, his attempt to avoid a death sentence has gained an unexpected supporter: the father of the children.

Weisheit is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection before sunrise on Nov. 5 for killing his former fiancée’s children in 2010.

Investigators stated that Weisheit duct-taped 5-year-old Caleb Lynch inside their Vanderburgh County home and ignited road flares in the boy’s underwear, causing a fire that consumed the residence. Caleb died in the blaze along with his 8-year-old sister, Alyssa Lynch, who was also inside the home.

In a sworn affidavit supporting Weisheit’s petition for clemency, Steven Lynch, the father of Alyssa and Caleb, asked Gov. Mike Braun to commute Weisheit’s sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

“What good does it do the memory of my children to put this man to death?” Steven Lynch wrote. “With the remaining years of his life, he would be able to continue seeking the Lord’s forgiveness.”

The affidavit concluded with a direct message: “Jeffrey, I forgive you.”

Weisheit’s current attorney, Joe Perkovich, argued that severe brain damage and mental illness were not adequately examined during the original murder trial or subsequent legal proceedings. Weisheit has asked the Indiana Supreme Court for a 14-day execution stay to permit brain scans intended to clarify his mental condition at the time of the killings.

Gov. Braun indicated he would review the brain scans if they are completed.

“We’d want it so we can take it under consideration,” Braun said Tuesday. “And then the legal team representing the state would look at that and advise me accordingly.”

Perkovich told Indiana’s I-Team that Steven Lynch initially communicated his views to the Indiana Attorney General’s Office before proactively offering his backing for clemency. The children’s mother declined to submit a similar affidavit.

“From the depths of unfathomable grief, Alyssa and Caleb Lynch’s father has summoned mercy,” Perkovich said in a statement. “But it must be underscored that he simply speaks for himself, and in no way purports to speak for all the children’s family bereaved in this unspeakable tragedy.”

Indiana’s I-Team attempted to contact the children’s mother but has not received a response.

Weisheit faces two upcoming clemency hearings. The first is scheduled to happen Oct. 16 inside the Indiana State Prison, followed by a public hearing on Oct. 19 inside the Indiana Government Center in Indianapolis.

Gov. Braun did not grant clemency to Benjamin Ritchie or Roy Lee Ward prior to their executions last year.

“I would like more time for Jeffrey to live,” Steven Lynch wrote. “He knows in his heart what he did. What I want is to extend an act of mercy.”

DISCLAIMER: This article contains graphic descriptions of physical violence and discussions of mental illness and may not be suitable for all readers.

INDIANAPOLIS — Formal charges have been filed against an Indianapolis man arrested in the stabbing deaths of his parents, online court records show.

David White, 38, appeared in court Thursday morning for an initial hearing in the murder trial of his parents, mom Cynthia Pottle and stepfather Robert Pottle Jr.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to the Pottles’ home on Lakeshire Lane Sunday afternoon after a 911 caller reported “a man was actively stabbing his father in the driveway.”

Officers arrived and found Robert Pottle, 80, in the driveway with “massive amounts of trauma” to the upper half of his body. Cynthia Pottle, 75, would be found inside the home with grave wounds to her face and neck.

First responders pronounced Cynthia Pottle dead at the scene; Robert Pottle died about an hour later at a nearby hospital.

The suspect, White, was found inside a bathroom, soaking wet and stripped to his underwear. Officers arrested him without incident.

Witness’s account to investigators

At the scene, detectives spoke with the 911 caller and witness who tried to intervene in the fight. Police say the witness said he heard a “strange moaning” outside and stepped out of his home to see White hitting Robert Pottle in the neck and face with a shovel.

The witness ran at White, causing White to retreat inside the house. In White’s absence, the witness was briefly met by Cynthia Pottle and called 911.

Court documents say White returned with a shovel and a kitchen knife. The witness got hold of the shovel, but White did not stop the assault, turning to stab Robert Pottle with the knife. Police say the witness tried to hit White with the shovel, but the suspect retreated into the house once again.

Investigators would later find a knife and a shovel near Robert Pottle’s body, as well as an open jug of bleach. A small metal garden shovel and garden shears covered in blood were located inside near Cynthia Pottle.

Family was ‘increasingly concerned’ about White’s health

Investigators say White refused to speak with officers at the scene, claiming the Pottles had been holding him at the house against his will. Online records show White’s permanent residence as being the home on Lakeshire Lane.

Through the course of the investigation, detectives learned from the Pottles’ daughter and White’s half-sister that there had been growing concern over White’s behavior in the previous months.

Police say White reportedly stopped taking his medication and refused to complete a mental health evaluation ordered by a Hamilton County court. White had also become very aggressive with his parents, believing he was being held against his will and that “he was being poisoned via a new HVAC system” the Pottles installed in the house.

“Mrs. Pottle was in the process of trying to obtain a mental write for Mr. White because she felt it was becoming unsafe for Mr. White to continue to stay with them,” court documents say.

Text messages pulled from Robert Pottle’s phone show the final text from Cynthia Pottle being around noon Sunday, asking him to come home because White was concerning her.

Prosecutors file charges

White was formally charged Wednesday with two counts of murder and one count of attempting to commit battery by means of a deadly weapon.

He was being held in the Marion County jail without bond.

His next court date has not been set.

Mental health resources

• Wellness Council of Indiana
• Indiana Suicide Prevention
• Indiana Department of Child Services’ Children’s Mental Health Initiative
• National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255
• More resources

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis police have confirmed that a person injured in an early morning shooting on Indy’s northwest side has died from their injuries.

Online police reports show the incident happened around 12:30 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of 56th Street and Michigan Road.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to the scene and located a person suffering gunshot wounds.

They were taken to a hospital in critical condition, but later died.

IMPD has not said if there are any suspects or what led up to the shooting.

This is a developing story.

INDIANAPOLIS- A second wave this week of showers and storms arrives later this afternoon and evening, one or two could be strong to severe.

TODAY: The first half of your Thursday will be most cloudy with highs climbing this afternoon into the mid 70s. Scattered rain and storm chances move in later this afternoon around and after 3pm. There is a level 1 risk of severe weather for today. Main impacts will be gusty winds and downpours, but there will be enough spin in the atmosphere to support a brief spin up tornado especially south of Indianapolis.

TONIGHT: Scattered showers and storms will turn more isolated overnight with lows sliding back into the low and mid 50s.

TOMORROW: The front will be slow to clear so a few lingering showers are possible in the morning hours. The main story will be the wind, gusting 30-40mph for much of the day out of the northwest. That will keep highs in the mid 50s all day long.

TOMORROW EVENING: A few wrap around showers will work in from the north, so not all of our high school games will remain rain free. It will be cool as well with temperatures around 50 degrees! Lows will fall to around 40 overnight, so most should avoid the frost but some isolated spots could see some patchy areas of frost.

SATURDAY: Mainly sunny and cool with highs in the mid 50s. Fall weather for sure for IU vs Ohio state kicking off at noon. Expect a temperature around 51 degrees!

SUNDAY: Temperatures will fall to around the mid 30s Sunday morning, leading to a better chance of frost formation. A south wind and sunshine will warm us up to the mid 60s in the afternoon. Ideal weather for Colts and Titans kicking off at 1pm on Sunday!

7 DAY FORECAST: Very quiet weather next week with temperatures getting warm each day, back into the mid 70s by Wednesday.

WHITE COUNTY, Ind. — Two people are dead after a crash on Interstate 65 in White County Wednesday evening.

According to Indiana State Police, just before 4 p.m., officers responded to a double fatal crash on I-65 near the 194-mile marker, which is about six miles south of the Remington area.

Preliminary investigation indicates that a semi-tractor trailer was traveling northbound on I-65 in the left lane when, for reasons still under investigation, it left the roadway, entered the median, and crossed into the southbound lanes.

At that time, another semi-tractor trailer was traveling southbound in the left lane. The northbound semi struck the southbound semi, and both vehicles came to rest, blocking the southbound lanes, according to ISP.

Despite life-saving efforts, two people died at the scene. A third person was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Police did not confirm if the drivers of the semis were the ones who died.

ISP said a bystander stopped at the scene and provided critical information to first responders while assisting with life-saving efforts. “Their actions and willingness to help were appreciated during this difficult incident,” ISP said in a statement.

State police are asking drivers to seek an alternative route and say all lanes will be closed in both directions for “several hours.”

The crash remains under active investigation.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

GREENWOOD, Ind. — A Greenwood mother was arrested Tuesday after her 5-year-old child was found walking near a creek, wearing only a diaper.

According to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department, just before 4 p.m., officers and firefighters were dispatched to the Winterbrook mobile home community, located off of West County Line Road, on the report of a child found near a creek.

A deputy found a 5-year-old child walking into brush adjacent to the creek, wearing nothing but a diaper. First responders evaluated and cared for the child while officials spent over an hour knocking on doors and speaking with residents to try to find the child’s parents. Officers also made repeated announcements over patrol vehicle public-address systems and activated their sirens to draw attention.

At approximately 5:06 p.m., one sergeant returned to a residence where officials had previously knocked. After several minutes, the child’s mother, 29-year-old Amber Allee, answered the door and told officers she had a young child.

Allee then checked the child’s bedroom, and discovered the child was missing.

Allee told investigators she put her child in the bedroom for a nap sometime between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., then went to sleep herself. She stated she was sleeping until she was awakened by the deputy knocking and said she had not heard earlier knocking, sirens, or announcements.

Police found an open bedroom window without a screen and items belonging to the child outside the window. The investigation also identified concerns regarding supervision, the child’s care, and precautions to prevent the child from leaving the residence, according to police.

The Indiana Department of Child Services responded to the scene.

Allee was arrested and taken to the Johnson County Jail on an allegation of neglect of a dependent, a low-level felony.

White River Fire Department personnel also fitted the child with a Project Lifesaver device to assist with locating the child in the event of a future disappearance.