On Monday, June 8, the Evansville Police Department’s K9 Unit will be hosting K9 trials. These K9 trials will be featuring cadaver dogs. The media is invited to attend.

  If interested in attending, please contact Sgt. Jason Thomas at 812-204-0683 or email at: jrthomas@evansvillepolice.com.

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today announced that 442 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 36,997 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

Intensive care unit and ventilator capacity remain steady. As of today, more than 37 percent of ICU beds and nearly 83 percent of ventilators are available.

A total of 2,110 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 32 over the previous day. Another 182 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 297,530 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 291,638 on Friday.

Hoosiers who have symptoms of COVID-19 and those who have been exposed and need a test to return to work are encouraged to visit a state-sponsored testing site for free testing. Individuals without symptoms who are at high risk because they are over age 65, have diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure or another underlying condition, as well as those who are pregnant, live with a high-risk individual or are a member of a minority population that is at greater risk for severe illness, also are encouraged to get tested.

ISDH is hosting a free walk-up testing site today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., or while supplies last, in the parking lot at Capitol Avenue and Ohio Street in downtown Indianapolis.  To find other testing locations, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link. More than 200 locations are available around the state.

On Friday, June 05, 2020 at 1:30pm the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a fight in progress at a residence in the 4000 block of Kleitz Road. The 911 caller reported that a shot had been fired.

Sheriff’s deputies arrived and learned from a victim that Mr. Waymon J. Rush had confronted him on his property. During the argument, Rush allegedly pointed a shotgun at the victim’s head and pulled the trigger. When the weapon failed to discharge, the victim fled and reported hearing the shotgun fire. The wife of the victim then grabbed the shotgun and disarmed Rush.

Rush fled to his next door residence and refused to exit. Sheriff’s deputies surrounded Rush’s residence while two Sheriff’s Office negotiators responded to the scene. After approximately 90 minutes of failed negotiation, the Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from the Evansville Police Department SWAT Unit. Evansville Police SWAT arrived with an armored vehicle at approximately 3:30pm. Rush surrendered to the SWAT team without incident. The standoff lasted approximately two hours in total.

Mr. Rush was booked into the Jail and is being held without bond. The incident remains under investigation.

Waymon Jerome Rush (pictured above), 56, of Evansville. Criminal Reckless while Armed with a Deadly Weapon as a Level 5 Felony, Intimidation while Armed with a Deadly Weapon as a Level 5 Felony.

Presumption of Innocence Notice: The fact that a person has been arrested or charged with a crime is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.