INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis City-County Council has approved new curfew hours for kids for the next 120 days.

The new curfew hours go into effect immediately following passage at the council meeting Monday night.

A call for a new curfew from council members was made following the recent violence in and around downtown involving teenagers, including the mass shooting over the 4th of July holiday weekend where two teenagers were killed, five others were injured and multiple others were arrested and charged.

As part of the new curfew, children 14 and under are not allowed out after 9 p.m. Those who are 15 are 16 have curfew hours of 9 p.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. on weekends. The curfew does exclude 17-year-olds.

“These updates are about keeping our young people safe and our neighborhoods

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