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A woman who had her purse snatched outside a Walgreen’s store Friday morning in Beech Grove got it back when a Good Samaritan chased down the thief. The woman was on her way out of the store when a man grabbed her purse and ran to a van across the street. The woman yelled and sounded her car’s alarm, getting the attention of a Marsh Supermarkets employee who chased after the suspect, causing him to drop the purse. The snatcher and another man in the van got away.

Police suspect a man who fell to his death from a moving car early Friday morning on Interstate 465 on the east side of Indianapolis may have been pushed out of the vehicle. A truck driver who witnessed the incident at about 1:30 a.m. told police he saw the passenger-side door of a maroon Chevrolet Caprice open and a man fall out onto the highway. The car was moving about 60-65 mph. The victim, who is yet to be identified, was breathing when medics arrived, but later died from massive injuries. Police are searching for the vehicle and the driver.