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A list by State Farm Insurance Co. says Indiana ranks eighth in the number of dog-bite claims. The Hoosier state racked up 139 claims last year, costing the company $3.5 million. No. 1 was California with 527 claims. Next came Illinois and Texas. State Farm said 5 million people are bitten or attacked by dogs each year. In 2011, insurers paid almost $500 million in dog-bite claims nationwide..

Firefighters saved the life of a pet dog after an apartment fire Wednesday morning on the southeast side of Indianapolis. The blaze started shortly before 4 a.m. in Strawbridge Green Apartments. Resident Chris Hubbard told firefighters he and his nephew were sleeping when smoke began filling the apartment. Three dogs and two cats also escaped the fire. One of the dogs, a Shih Tzu named Q-tip, required aggressive oxygen therapy due to smoke inhalation. One of the residents told fire officials he believed a pit bull started the fire by jumping on the stove to get leftover food, accidentally turning on a burner. Damage to the apartment was estimated at $50,000.
 

State police officers shot an 18-year-old man who was waving a gun in the air early Wednesday night in a Hamilton County park. Cory Michael Tucker was flown to an Indianapolis hospital in critical condition after being shot by an officer at about 1 a.m. The trouble started at about 10 p.m. Tuesday when police patrolling Lafayette Trace Park tried to check on a parked vehicle. Tucker, they say, emerged from the car with a handgun and ran. After a three-hour standoff, Tucker fired a shot in the air and waved his gun in an “erratic manner,” police said. Tucker was reportedly despondent over a recent breakup and had made suicidal threats.