Rachael Wilkerson joined the WRTV family in September of 2021. Rachael comes from NBC 15 in Mobile, AL where she worked as an investigative journalist and fill-in anchor.
INDIANAPOLIS — A deadly device that turns a handgun into a machine gun is being found across Indianapolis streets at an alarming rate for the Marion County Prosecutor's Office."That's really an astronomical number. It was one of the areas where we had by far our largest growth in terms of the number of cases that we prosecuted and the number of charges that were filed," said Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears.
"It's disheartening. Unfortunately, we've also seen these glock switches attached to murder cases," said Mears."So, you not only have people losing their life when these devices are fired, but you're also having people lose their life when they're buying and selling these glock switches.""This is very much a young person's game. When we see these glock switch cases, it's almost always people under 24 years of age," said Mears.
"To move the needle forward beyond gun violence because that shouldn't be the only narrative, that teenagers are involved in gun violence," said Brandon Bowman."The message we give to the youth we talk to is put the guns down," said Bowman."We are trying to put something different into their hands because in order for our youth to find something to do, we have to give them something.
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