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Marcus Shrenker, the Fishers, Indiana, money manager who gained notoriety after he jumped from his perfectly good million dollar-plus turbo-prop Piper Malibu airplane, told media that he "wasn't of sound mind" when he attempted to fake his own death.

Shrenker continues to deny the fact that his jump was a suicide attempt. In a telephone interview with ABC's "Good Morning America", Schrenker said his plane crashed as a result of "clear air turbulence". He claims to have sustained injury as a result of the turbulence.

A federal judge has set a hearing on Thursday to determine whether Schrenker is competent to stand trial on criminal charges resulting from the crash and his alleged financial misdoings. Schrenker told Good Morning America that he has had mental problems for years, and "[t]here was clearly something going on mentally with me starting in 2007". Shrenker went on to tell ABC that family members attempted to have him hospitalized just days prior to his crash, but he had refused. On January 13, 2009, Schrenker was arrested at a Florida KOA campground. This was just two days after he apparently bailed out of his plane over Alabama. According to media reports, Shrenker was attempting to flee family and financial issues that had come to a head at the beginning of the New Year. Shrenker was found in a tent semiconscious and bleeding heavily from self-inflicted knife wounds to his wrist.

IMPD officers were forced to close all lanes of northbound traffic on Indiana's Interstate 465 in Indianapolis after 55-year-old John Wright rolled his semi truck over while trying to exit from eastbound Interstate 70 on Wednesday morning.

Citing excess speed as the cause, police indicated that Wright rolled his truck as he exited from the ramp on I-70 eastbound to I-465 northbound. The semi truck and its trailer, which was carrying four rolls of coiled steel, separated during the rollover. One of the coils reportedly struck another semi, but no injuries were reported in that vehicle. Wright was transported by ambulance to Methodist Hospital for evaluation. His injuries were last reported as minor.

It took wrecker crews and additional emergency personnel nearly two hours to clear the road and reopen the Interstate to traffic. Wright was reportedly issued a ticket for operating his vehicle at an excessive speed.

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Two motorcycle riders were injured when the bike they were riding was struck by a truck that was pulling out of Stables Pub near Arlington and Southeastern Avenue. Attending emergency personnel noted that the female passenger has massive head trauma. The driver of the motorcycle was listed as having a fractured ankle.

The driver of the truck that struck the bike was arrested. While DUI is believe to have been the charge, there were no specifics with local media outlets.

A quiet Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana neighborhood near Highpointe Boulevard and Central Park Drive was rocked by an apparent murder-suicide early Saturday morning. Swat team and police entered the home of the gunman, Forty-One year old Tan Tran, a few hours after neighbors reported hearing gunshots. Upon entry, they found Christine Ong, dead from a gun-shot wound to the head, and the suspect, Tan Tran, while still alive, had a self-inflicted gun shot to the head. Police also found two other victims; an adult female and a six-year-old boy. The woman had apparently been shot in the leg. The six-year-old boy did not appear to have sustained injury.

Although Tran was life-lined by helicopter to Methodist Hospital, he later succumbed to the self-inflicted head wound. He was pronounced dead by Saturday afternoon.

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Aurora Indiana police reportedly engaged in a high-speed auto-chase at around 10 a.m. Thursday morning with a 10-year-old Indiana boy. The chase included a stretch along U.S. 50 near Cincinnati. The boy apparently took off in his parents' minivan before crashing the same into a utility pole after he swerved to miss stop strips that had been put out by cops. The boy was treated for minor injuries at a nearby hospital. He was then transferred to a Lawrenceburg, Indiana, juvenile detention center.

The chase spanned a length of about three-miles before the van collided with the utility pole. A motive for the boy's actions was still being investigated; however, the Aurora Police Chief told the AP that "the boy could face felony charges of auto theft and evading police".

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