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Indiana State Police are investigating a serious crash involving one of their own.  It will likely be days or weeks before we know who's responsible for the crash and how it happened. But there are questions about why ISP didn't ask for help in the investigation from an outside agency.  The crash that put 3 people in the hospital happened around 8 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Ireland and Linden Roads.  Late Friday, 19-year-old Robert Perez of Mishawaka was still listed in critical condition and his passenger, 20-year-old Danielle Cutler of South Bend, was in fair condition, according to a spokesman at Memorial Hospital.

A lawsuit against a Benton Harbor police officer will go forward after a suspect died while in custody. A federal appeals court says the officer does not have immunity. That means jurors can determine whether the officer disregarded risks by keeping Doyle Jackson in a squad car for 40 minutes after a struggle in 2007. Jackson was then taken to the Berrien County jail where a nurse found him unresponsive. He died at a hospital. Jackson was allegedly drunk and had been hit with a stun gun at least a dozen times.

A Goshen woman is dead. Police say her ex-boyfriend, a former Goshen cop, shot and killed her Monday morning and then himself. The bodies of 51-year-old John Eric Haitsma and 48-year-old Millicent Morros were found just before 8 a.m. in a parking lot in the 100 block of North 5th Street in Goshen. Police are continuing their investigation and are not commenting on a motive at this time. But Facebook postings by Morros indicate she started dating someone else in February.

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A man wanted on aggravated robbery charges in Michigan has been killed after fleeing and shooting at police officers and a federal agent in El Paso. The man's identity hasn't been released. An El Paso police statement says officers tried to stop the man early Friday but he fled in a vehicle until he stopped in a desert area. The three officers and a Border Patrol agent who was nearby pursued him on foot until he began shooting at them.

It takes a special kind of person to jump into a freezing river to save a complete stranger. But how about to save a stray dog? It takes the kind of person who obviously cares for animals, but is also dedicated to their job.  And being a Humane Officer is a job Don Ely didn't even know he wanted until he needed it. Elkhart County Humane Officer Don Ely was called out for a couple of stray dogs near Davis Street on Elkhart's east side....

ELKHART - A food-based fundraiser played out in Elkhart Saturday to help out a city police officer. Police were on a “steak out.” It wasn't the kind to catch a criminal, but they cooked up steak for a steak and potato fundraiser to benefit Sergeant Scott Hupp. Hupp is fighting cancer and has lost his hair. There were a lot of bald heads at the benefit. That's because many of his fellow officers shaved their heads Friday in solidarity. Saturday's event was staged by the Elkhart FOP. “The monetary loss from not being able to work your regular job or any part-time jobs  that you may have is astronomical,” said Elkhart FOP Lodge 52 member Jim Ballard.

LAPEER, Mich. (AP) - Officials say a retired member of the  Lapeer County sheriff's Department recently hired to help strengthen security at a charter school will keep his job after leaving his gun unattended in a school restroom. According to Chatfield School Director Matt Young, the school reviewed the incident and has decided the unnamed officer "is a good fit for the position. " But Young says the K-8 school about 45 miles northwest of Detroit has revised its security procedures and added additional protocols.

ELKHART - A show of support by Elkhart police officers. One of their own is facing a life-threatening disease, but he is not doing it alone it. For dozens of Elkhart police officers, it was a case of four chairs, no waiting. Each stepped up to have their hair cut Friday, all of it to show support for fellow officer Sergeant Scott Hupp, who also came in for a trim. Hupp is battling cancer and has been losing his hair from time to time while undergoing chemotherapy.

We are in the middle of cold and flu season and while many will pick up the phone to schedule a doctor's appointment, people in Michigan now have the option of just going online. A Minnesota-based company is now offering a 24/7 online medical service to people in Michigan. Sharon Garner is in and out of the doctor's office all the time. "10 months into remission," says Garner who survived 3rd stage colon cancer, "but I still have to see an oncologist quite regularly. " So, the last thing Garner wants to do is sit in the waiting room for hours when all she has is a cold.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A central Indiana police officer wounded last year during a traffic stop shooting is back on duty patrolling the streets of a small Hancock County town. WTHR-TV reports that Fortville officer Matt Fox returned to duty Tuesday with his police dog, Lannie. He had been on limited desk duty since October while recovering from his gunshot wounds. Fox was shot in the wrist and forehead in July by a man he was trying to pull over for a missing tail light.