South Bend car hits apartment after driver shot to death
Posted April 10, 2016 7:00 am
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - South Bend police are investigating the death of a driver whose car crashed into an apartment building as a homicide.
The crash occurred early Sunday. Police say it appeared the driver had been shot and are searching for a 21-year-old suspect.
St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit Commander Tim Corbett tells WNDU-TV that it appears there was a confrontation.
An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.
Family members living in the apartment struck by the car were not hurt.
A fire broke out at the same apartment complex several hours later, but it's not clear the two incidents were related. No injuries were reported.
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