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IndyGo board members will vote Thursday night on a plan to slash routes and services. The agency is trying to make up for
a $3 million shortfall. Under the proposal, bus fares would rise to as much as $2. If approved, the changes would take effect
in mid-July.
 

Police say a fight over a girl was the possible cause of a shooting overnight that severely injured two 15-year-old boys.
The shooting happened about midnight in the courtyard at Linwood Square Apartments on the east side of Indianapolis. Police
say one of the boys was shot in the back, severing his spine. Detectives say the other was shot in the leg. Both were taken
to Riley Hospital. Police are looking for suspects.
 

At least one person has died after being overcome by fumes inside a well pit. Four people, including two off-duty firefighters,
were pulled unconscious Wednesday night from the well in Liberty Township near Muncie. Investigators believe the plumber,
identified as Eric Dalton, 40, poured muriatic acid into the well while doing some repair and was overcome by the fumes. Justin
Benson, 19, who was working with Dalton, came to his aid, but also was overwhelmed by the fumes. The same thing happened to
volunteer firefighters Brian Buck and Rick Compton Sr. when they arrived on the scene. Dalton was killed by the fumes. Benson
and one of the firefighters are in critical condition. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
 

An Indianapolis Public Schools teacher faces battery and neglect charges after being accused of attacking her own child. The
22-year-old victim is developmentally disabled and lives at an assisted living center on the northeast side, according to
investigators. Staff members say Kimberly Tetrick, a special education teacher, slapped her daughter, then slammed her head
into a wall during an argument.

A man and woman were killed Tuesday night in Indianapolis when the motorcycle they were riding hit a van head-on. Donald Wilson,
35, was not wearing a helmet, but Erica Evans Ford, 29, was. Both were pronounced dead on the scene near East 18th Street
and Massachusetts Avenue. The van's driver, Donald Gipson, 53, was not hurt. He has been charged with two counts of operating
a vehicle while intoxicated.

The Marion County prosecutor isn’t yet filing formal charges against a 19-year-old accused of throwing her baby in the
trash. Carl Brizzi said he hopes investigators will be able to put pressure on Tasha Miller’s family and friends to
provide meaningful information. Witnesses keep giving conflicting information about what happened to the baby, he said. Brizzi
kept open the possibility of filing charges in the future. Investigators searched a Clinton County landfill for the baby’s
body with no luck. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.