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At least 26 apartment residents were displaced by a fire early Wednesday morning on the northwest side of Indianapolis. Fire crews were called to the Stratford Apartments, near West 25th Street and Georgetown Road, at about 4 a.m. Flames could be seen for blocks, and firefighters took more than 90 minutes to extinguish the blaze. At least eight of the 12 apartment units suffered extensive damage.

A Greenwood teenager was arrested Tuesday afternoon, police said, after he stole a pickup truck and led officers on a pursuit that reached speeds more than 100 mph. The 16-year-old male nearly hit three vehicles before crashing into a median at County Line Road and State Road 135. The teen ran from the scene but was caught and subdued with a stun gun. Officers said they found eight pill bottles in the suspect’s pants that he had taken from the vehicle.

One man was killed and an Indianapolis police officer was injured Tuesday night in a gun battle that erupted after the officer pulled over a vehicle full of men on the east side of the city. The unnamed officer conducted a traffic stop of a car with five occupants at East 36th Street and Sherman Drive at 8:20 p.m. One of the passengers pulled a gun, sparking the gunfight. The car’s driver was fatally shot and three other passengers suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The officer is recovering.