many schools in merrillville were closed in honor of schultz. that helped direct a procession that went 20 miles to his hometown of lowell, where he'll be buried. a chicago court says its recent ruling in favor of same-sex marriage in indiana cannot be enforced. the u.s. supreme court must decide whether to weigh in first. earlier this month, the court of appeals found same-sex marriage bans in both indiana and wisconsin unconstitutional. the 7th circuit posted a brief order yesterday, agreeing to hold off on enforcing it's ruling. observers from new jersey to ohio got a quite a sight on sunday night. a meteor blazed across the sky at a speed of tens of miles per second. scientists say the meteor was 60 to 100 miles above the earth, and about the size of a smart car. scientists say the fireball spent the last three of four billion years orbiting the sun before entering earth's atmosphere. the burning rock probably shot back into space. coming up ... dallas hopefully not a sign of a armageddon. >> it's good news there. let's take a look at this d

>>police officers are gathering right now in the south suburbs to provide an escort for a merrillville officer who was killed in the line of duty. he died at crest medical center after a hot shot in the head. this happened saturday. users money to a call and a condo complex when someone said an evicted reza was trying to come back in. he exchanged shots with officers before killing himself. the procession will go from the hospital to the cook county medical examiner's office. it will begin around 430 a m. tonya will have to live report coming up. >> a preliminary report was just released about the crash of the malaysian airlines flight. it came down july 17th on the border of ukraine. two-thirds of the people who died were dutch. reports say the plane broke up in the air as a result of structural damage caused by high speed of checks that penetrated the aircraft from the outside. the crash site was not to tour for many days to report found no evidence of manipulation of the flight recorders. record rainfall in parts of the southwest washed out an interstate and trapped hundreds of kids

the funeral for merrillville police officer nick schultz is being held today.was killed in the line of duty on september 5-th. family and friends gathered yesterday for a visitation. police say schultz was shot while trying to evict michael hrnciar from a condo building. hrnciar then shot and killed himself. hillary clinton reignited speculation about her political aspirations, after she attended a fundraiser with a long history of launching presidential campaigns. it is true, i am thinking about it. but, for today, that is not why i am here. i am here for the stake. >>clinton attended an annual steak fry in iowa yesterday, hosted by retiring senator tom harkin. this was the 37th and final steak fry, which has been a popular event for democrats because of iowa's role as the lead-off caucus state. it was clinton's first trip back to iowa since she ran for president in 2008. the 45-th annual mexican independence day parade was held in the little village neighborhood. the parade celebrates mexico's independence from spain. the one in chicago is one of the largest

. >> police in merrillville indiana paid tribute to a fellow officer killed in the line of duty. >> officer scholz is the first marriage fell police officer to die and the line of duty. this morning his service was saluted by fellow officers who also offered comfort to his family. >> the matter who it is or where they're from we will be there. police >> officers from across northern indiana and even the chicago area made their way to oaklawn this morning to provide an escort for the body of 24 year- old police officer schultz. >> did you know officer schultz? >> i did not. we are a brotherhood and we stick together. >> died sunday morning after he was taken off life support two days after he was shot while responding to a call at a condo complex for a tenant who had been evicted and was trying to move back in. the 10 and shot shoals in the head then shot and killed himself. schulz is the first marysville police officer to die and the line of duty since the department was founded in 1971. former franklin college football player had only been on the force for a year. >> it is a very difficult

his funeral is being held at the radisson hotel in merrillville with their role to follow. tuscaloosa close today to clear the roads for the funeral procession. a pedestrian was killed by police car in wheeling. he was leading a friend's house early yesterday morning when he was hit on mchenry road. the police department issued a statement acknowledging and on duty officer was involved in the crash but did not give any other details. it won in the lives near the scene said she saw the car speeding. >> another gold coast burglary. windows of a store are smashed and burglars take off with racks of designer coats. tonya francisco it is the latest in the spring of burglaries at upscale stores. >> is pretty well organized hit. they were in and out in a matter of minutes. police are now reviewing surveillance video to get a better handle on what happened inside. a witness tells me what happened happened in a matter of minutes. so fast he had no idea what was going on until police arrived. a broken door. jackets scattered about. even broken pieces of a man can only on the ground i

police in merrillville indiana are mourning the loss of one of their youngest officers. nickolaus schultz died yesterday at christ medical center in oak lawn. the 24-year-old officer had been shot in the head friday night while responding to a call. the man who shot him later committed suicide. >> if i had caught 100 applicants had to put in applications i would want them to be just like him. he was proactive and when he came to working wanted to make a difference. >>schultz was the first officer to die in the line of duty since the department was founded in 19-71. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. this mother is charged with the murder of her daughter. waukegan police say nicholette lawrence admitted she hit her eleven year old daughter, raasania coley last week. coley was found unresponsive and died on friday. an autopsy revealed her stomach tore from blunt force trauma. lawrence's other two children are with relatives. she is due back in court september 30-th. chicago police are searching for the attackers who beat and robbed a harvey police office

so merrillville police department is taking him to the hospital where they're going to conduct a drug test. so positive for marijuana? >> yeah. but we knew that was going to happen. >> uh-huh. >> do you feel any of the effects of marijuana still? no? >> he was released off of house arrest in april of this year. and then he failed to come to his court date in july. so he didn't appear in court. his mother did, his counselors did, his probation officer did, but morris was on run away status. >> why didn't you go to court on the 24th? everybody else did. >> i was scared. >> you were scared. did you get a chance to talk to your probation officer prior to going to court? >> my probation officer, he was talking about sending me a place where i didn't know. that's why i didn't go to court. >> the indiana juvenile courts have options other than sending young offenders to juvenile prison. kids can also be placed in a variety of rehabilitation facilities known as placement. for morris, his probation officer was recommending an extended placement in a facility where he can learn to manage his an