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Three fatal shootings late Monday and early Tuesday lifted the number of criminal homicides in Indianapolis to 43 so far this year—19 more homicides than during the same time 2012, police say. Violent crime, however, is down 2 percent in the city overall compared with a year ago, and overall crime is down by 10 percent. Public Safety Director Troy Riggs said a larger-than-usual number of people arriving back from prison and an influx of heroin are driving the murder rate upward.

Indianapolis police made an arrest Tuesday in a hit-and-run crash that killed an east-side man over the weekend. Following an anonymous tip, Michael Anderson, 35, was charged with failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in death. Police say he fled the scene of an accident that killed 52-year-old pedestrian Earmon “Bud” Hubbard on Saturday night in the 2600 block of Emerson Avenue.

Bones found at Garfield Park earlier this week are human, Indianapolis homicide detectives confirmed Wednesday morning. A park visitor discovered a jawbone Monday night, and another bone was found on a subsequent investigation. Forensic investigators are working with the remains and authorities still are searching the site for more remains.

Indianapolis homicide detectives are investigating three separate fatal shootings that took place in a 9-hour period Monday night and Tuesday morning. An unidentified male was found shot to death in the 100 block of South Sheridan Avenue, near East Washington Street and Arlington Avenue, about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday. A 19-year-old carrying marijuana and cash was shot to death about 9:30 p.m. Monday in the 3400 block of Brouse Avenue, near East 38th Street and North Keystone Avenue. About three hours earlier, a father-to-be was gunned down inside the Heart’s Landing Apartment complex near East 42nd Street and North Post Road.

Voters have until 6 p.m. Tuesday to vote in two Hamilton County referendums that will shape the size of school classrooms and future tax bills. In the Hamilton Southeastern Schools district, voters face a $95 million referendum that would expand Hamilton Southeastern and Fishers high schools. In Noblesville, a $28 million referendum would expand the high school and allow freshmen to return to the main campus. It also would allow the county to buy a school building and lease it to Ivy Tech Community College, which would create a campus at the site.

Indiana was named the fifth best state in the nation for business, according to a ninth annual survey conducted by Chief Executive Magazine. The publication asked more than 500 CEOs to evaluate states based on business tax policies, regulation, work force quality and livability factors. Indiana was the only Midwestern state in the top five. Ohio was closest at No. 22.