Gary man dies after confronting police with a machete

A Gary man who police believe was behind several robberies in the city is dead after a Gary Police officer on Wednesday shot him during an altercation in which he pulled a machete on another officer. Gary Police Chief Derrick Cannon said during a Wednesday afternoon press conference that officers around 12:20 p.m. November 13 were conducting an undercover operation in the 3400 block of Maryland St., where an officer would attempt to purchase an item the man was selling through a social media marketplace. The department had received reports of a man who would meet with potential buyers of an item but then would attack them with a machete and steal their money, Cannon said. By late last […]