Homeless encampment expands in Indianapolis neighborhood

Homeless encampment growing in Fountain Square

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Tent after tent on Tuesday lined Leonard Street between Virginia and Woodlawn in the Fountain Square neighborhood near downtown Indianapolis.

Residents told News 8 that homeless people about three months ago set up one or three tents, and it’s expanded now to more than 25 tents.

One homeowner across the street from the encampment reportedly called police after she said she saw two homeless people fighting, one of them was waving a sharp scissor…

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