{"id":100014,"date":"2026-05-22T14:47:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=100014"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:47:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:47:47","slug":"indiana-state-police-investigating-shooting-in-miami-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=100014","title":{"rendered":"Indiana State Police investigating shooting in Miami County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--AUTO-AD-BEFORE-->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\"\n        data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n        data-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\n        data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\"\n        data-ad-slot=\"5600453644\"><\/ins>\n    <script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});<\/script>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PERU, IN \u2013 Indiana State Police detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred early this morning on US 31 near County Road 200 North in Miami County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The preliminary investigation revealed that around 11:00 p.m., officers from the Indiana State Police and Miami County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a report of an&nbsp;accident near US 31 and County Road 200 North. Upon arrival, they located two individuals with one of the individuals suffering from a gunshot wound. ISP K9 units, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), and an ISP helicopter assisted in searching for additional individuals reportedly fleeing into a nearby woods. No individuals were located during the search; however, a firearm was found and secured. Further investigation determined the gunshot originated from inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While at the scene of the incident, one of the individuals identified as&nbsp;<strong>Jadyn E. Watts<\/strong>, 19, from Niles, Michigan, was found to be in possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony). Mr. Watts was taken into custody and remanded to the Miami County Jail. The individual with the gunshot wound was transported to an area hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation remains active and ongoing. No additional information is available at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the law, criminal charges are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ISP-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ISP-4.png 701w, https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ISP-4-300x68.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<!--AUTO-AD-AFTER-->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center\"\n        data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\n        data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\"\n        data-ad-slot=\"9212395598\"><\/ins>\n    <script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PERU, IN \u2013 Indiana State Police detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred early this morning on US 31 near County Road 200 North in Miami County. The preliminary investigation revealed that around 11:00 p.m., officers from the Indiana State Police and Miami County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a report of an&nbsp;accident near US 31 &#8230; <a title=\"Indiana State Police investigating shooting in Miami County\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=100014\" aria-label=\"Read more about Indiana State Police investigating shooting in Miami County\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Wade Weaver","author_link":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?author=3"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Uncategorized<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"PERU, IN \u2013 Indiana State Police detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred early this morning on US 31 near County Road 200 North in Miami County. The preliminary investigation revealed that around 11:00 p.m., officers from the Indiana State Police and Miami County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a report of an&nbsp;accident near US 31&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100014"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100017,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100014\/revisions\/100017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}