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Police say the fatal shooting of an Indianapolis man who was trying to break up a fight between two dogs Monday afternoon was an accident. Roosevelt Griffin, 57, was shot in the face by his longtime girlfriend, Carolyn Walker, 49, while trying to rescue a neighbor’s dog in the 300 block of Eastern Avenue on the city’s east side. According to police reports, Walker was aiming the gun at the attacking dog, believed to be a pit bull, when she tripped and shot Griffin instead. The owner of the dog, which is still on the loose, is unknown.
 

A registered sex offender was captured early Tuesday morning after a police chase on the southeast side of Indianapolis. Police expected to arrest Shawn Doan, 23, outside a Beech Grove business about 11:30 p.m. Monday because of several felony sex-offender registry violations. When he saw police, he fled the scene in his Honda Accord, leading them through neighborhoods in the Fountain Square area. Doan eventually ran over the stop sticks, lost control and crashed into bushes at a bank branch near Raymond and Shelby streets. He tried to hide in a nearby house, but was chased down by a police dog.
 

Police are investigating a homicide that occurred about 4 a.m. Tuesday in the 3900 block of Narrowleaf Court near 38th Street and German Church Road on the northeast side of Indianapolis. Corey Andrews, 26, of Indianapolis was shot multiple times while sitting in a vehicle with a female in the driveway of a vacant residence. The shooter fled on foot. Andrews died at the scene. The female inside the car was not injured.

The future of an Indianapolis eyesore could be decided Monday night during a City-County Council meeting. Discussion about demolishing Keystone Towers is on the agenda. The high-rise complex has been empty for several years and has become a haven for squatters and drug dealers. The council could approve using millions in federal tax dollars to tear them down. If that happens, demolition could be complete by the end of summer.

A Marion County sheriff’s deputy was arrested over the weekend for driving drunk. Deputy Nathaniel Neal was pulled over on Interstate 465 northbound near I-69 early Sunday morning. State Police said Neal was driving his personal vehicle with a blood alcohol level of 0.15, nearly twice the legal limit of 0.08. Neal was released from jail on bond. His hearing is scheduled for June 2.

The Hagerman Group has been named general contractor for the $38 million Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Studio Building in Bloomington. Construction of the 85,000-square-foot building, designed by Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf, started this month and is to be completed by July 2013.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the pace of mortgage loan activity increased 8.2 percent for the week ended May 6, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The rate for 30-year mortgages decreased to 4.67 percent from 4.76 percent the previous week. The rate for 15-year mortgages decreased to 3.81 percent from 3.96 percent.