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A group of federal agencies will lead a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The test will involve broadcast radio and television stations, cable television, satellite radio and television services across all U.S. states and territories. The agencies conducting the test include the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Communications Commission and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The test is expected to last more than 3 minutes. The public will hear “this is a test” during the audio message.

Indianapolis detectives are investigating a homicide that took place Tuesday night on the north side of the city. An unidentified man sitting inside a vehicle near Central Avenue and 30th Street was found suffering from a gunshot wound to his back about 7:15 p.m. He later died at the hospital. Investigators determined the victim was shot at 33rd and Broadway streets before traveling to Central and 30th.

A Wednesday morning school bus accident sent 49 Warren Township students to the hospital, all with minor injuries. The bus scraped a pole, breaking out windows, while traveling to school near 25th Street and Mitthoeffer Road on the far east side of  Indianapolis about 8:30 a.m. Most of the students were taken to the hospital on another bus; five traveled by ambulance.