Police
Neighbors thwart 5 home intruders
A woman was playing cards with some of her family in a home on Fort Wayne’s south side Wednesday night when she heard what she thought was a gunshot coming from the first floor.
The woman told police she went downstairs just after 9 p.m. to investigate the noise and saw five men standing inside the home, a police report said. The men ordered the woman to give them money, police said.
The woman told officers that people had started to leave the neighboring home and that when the would-be robbers saw them, the men fled the house and got into a waiting vehicle, the police report said.
The woman told officers that she had never seen the men before.
Struck bicyclist ID’d, still critical
Police have identified the man who was struck by a car while riding his bicycle Tuesday night as 53-year-old William E. Chamberlain Jr.
Chamberlain remained in critical condition at an area hospital Thursday.
Chamberlain was found lying in the street by officers responding to the report of a struck pedestrian in the 400 block of West Rudisill Boulevard about 8:10 p.m.
An initial investigation determined that a westbound vehicle on Rudisill Boulevard had struck Chamberlain, who was also headed west, police said.
The driver told officers she did not see the bicyclist, who was dressed in dark clothing, police spokesman John Chambers said.
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