INDIANAPOLIS — Like a Sherlock Holmes mystery, downtown Indianapolis this weekend was a case of ”The Curfew Dog That Didn’t Bark.”
After several consecutive weekends of underage children swarming downtown and gun violence that claimed lives and arrests of teenagers, IMPD’s promise to more strictly enforce curfew ordinances and the commitment of community groups to reach out to parents apparently paid off with a single act of gunfire in the heart of downtown during the WNBA All Star and Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration weekend.
A shooting twelve blocks north of Washington Street on Illinois Street at 2:30 a.m. today has not been linked to either underage youth or curfew violators.
“We did not have one young person who was brought into the reunification center,” said New BOY founder Kareem Hines, who was in downtown Indianapolis Saturday night to counsel parents and children at IMPD’s reunification center. “It was fortunate that none of the young people got caught up in the curfew enforcement. I think, at the end of the day, it was a win for the people of our city. People were safe this weekend.”…