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Lyman Dawson, 22, who was shot by police officers late Saturday near downtown Shelbyville, is in critical condition in a hospital in Indianapolis. According to police reports, Dawson went on a short crime spree before being shot multiple times by three officers who said Dawson fired at least one shot at them. Before the shooting about 11 p.m., police say, Dawson tried to break into a car outside a Family Video Store, shot and injured a man in a nearby apartment, broke into one home, and smashed a basement window in another house. The man he shot, Ryan Rooks, suffered a minor gunshot wound to the leg. The Shelbyville officers involved in the shooting have been placed on paid leave pending an investigation.
 

One person was injured in a fire that heavily damaged a multi-unit house in downtown Mooresville early Monday morning. Three families were evacuated from the two-story structure, which caught fire about 1:30 a.m. One person was treated for smoke inhalation. Residents of a nearby apartment building also were evacuated, but firefighters were able to contain the fire to just one building. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
 

A 65-year-old man died Monday morning after he lost control of his vehicle and drove into a Greenwood retention pond. Witnesses called 911 and tried to help the man trapped in the vehicle in the pond near East Stop 11 Road and South Arlington Avenue. Rescue crews eventually freed the unconscious man, but he was pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital.

A man was gunned down in the street early Friday on the east side of Indianapolis. Donald Peterson, 42, was shot just after midnight the 1900 block of North Hillside Avenue. He died less than two hours later at the hospital. Police are looking for suspects.