Dyer resident Michael Anthony Valdez, 47, was confirmed Sunday morning by the Lake County Coroner's Office as the deceased subject in a single-vehicle crash in Hammond.

All three died of a gunshot wound to the head, Swanson said, and while still under investigation Swanson said the incident appears to have been a murder-suicide.

Murder, arson and hundreds of police calls: Old schools are active crime scenes in this city Gary, Indiana, schools continue to sit vacant and dilapidated driving down property values and ...