INDIANAPOLIS – Police collected 181 guns during a gun buyback event Saturday in Indianapolis.
The event was one of the events held by local pastors during the “Cease Fire Weekend” Nov. 2-4.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers handed out a total of $19,300 in gift cards to those who dropped off firearms.
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IMPD said their key funding partners were the Indy Public Safety Foundation, Mothers Against Violence, and Dr. Jason Bowlds.
Those interesting in donating to help IMPD in their long-term violence reduction strategy can do so online.
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