RESOURCES STARTED 3 WEEKS AGO.
IT IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO
THE RISING NUMBER OF HOMICIDES
IN INDIANAPOLIS FOX 50 NINE'S
KELLY RICKY SHOWS US HOW
INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO
GET CRIME OUT OF OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS KILLING THE
DIDN'T BEAR SELL THE GOAL IS
TO MAKE INDIANAPOLIS SAFER BY
TAKING GUNS DRUGS AND VIOLENT
OFFENDERS OFF THE STREETS
COOPERATION FROM THE COMMUNITY
PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THAT TOO.
I STILL HAVE THIS IMAGE OF
THE 10 YEAR-OLD BOY. AND
THAT'S ALL AHEAD.
SHANNON SWANSON SUNDAY SEAN
WAS SUPPOSED TO TURN 15 LAST
MONTH. BUT A VIOLENT NIGHT
ALMOST 5 YEARS AGO FORCED HER
TO SPEND ANOTHER BIRTHDAY
WITHOUT HIM AND THEY TOOK HIS
LIFE PROBABLY.
IT WAS HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
HE WAS MURDERED IN A
DRIVE-BY SHOOTING IN BUTLER
TARKINGTON NOT FAR FROM THIS
PARK WHERE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL.
THIS CASE STILL REMAINS
UNSOLVED. I WANT TO KNOW. WHO.
SO I CAN SEEK JUSTICE FOR
HIM BECAUSE THEY TOOK A LIFE
THAT NIGHT FEDERAL AND LOCAL
PARTNERS DO NOT WANT ANOTHER
FAMILY TO FEEL HER PAIN ALMOST
3 WEEKS AGO OPERATION LEGEND
LAUNCH AN INDIANAPOLIS TO
REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME IN THE
CITY.
ARRESTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAVE COMMITTED VIOLENT
CRIMES IN THE PAST THAT ARE
OUT AGAIN OR ARE KNOWN TO
CARRY FIREARMS THAT THAT COULD
HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT TOWARDS
THE HOMICIDE RATE WHEN
SUPERVISORY SPECIAL AGENT
NATHAN WHO SAT BEGAN WORKING
ON OPERATION LEGEND
INDIANAPOLIS, ALL 146
HOMICIDES WE DID NOT REACH
THAT NUMBER UNTIL MID NOVEMBER
LAST YEAR THERE WERE LOOKING
TO DO MAKE MORE OF AN IMPACT
AND MORE OF A CONDENSED TIME
PERIOD. SO FAR MORE THAN 2000
PEOPLE ARE FACING FEDERAL
CHARGES AS PART OF THIS
EFFORT, INCLUDING 2 PEOPLE
ACCUSED OF BEING INVOLVED IN
THIS SHOOTING IN LATE JULY.
ONE MAN LOST HIS LIFE WERE
ABLE TO BRING CLOSURE TO CASES
MORE RAPIDLY WITH ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES ON THE
INVESTIGATIONS. INVESTIGATORS
HAVE SEIZED MORE THAN 60 GUNS
IN JUST A FEW WEEKS AND IMPD
CAN ANALYZE THOSE WEAPONS TO
TRACK DOWN VIOLENT CRIMINALS
TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE GUN
MOUNTS AN INDIANAPOLIS WHAT WE
NEED IS THE PARTNERSHIP, A
PARTNERSHIP THAT COULD BRING
HOPE TO FAMILIES FOREVER
IMPACTED BY THE CRIME IN OUR
CITY WE NEED THEM OFF THE
STREET WE NEED PEOPLE TO TALK.
U.S. ATTORNEY JOSH MINKLER
PROMISE HARSH PUNISHMENTS FROM
CASES PROSECUTED BY OPERATION
LEGEND WITH NO PLEA BARGAINING
AND NO PRETRIAL RELEASE. DAN
