INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police characterized a recent sentencing as a “miscarriage of justice.”

Last week, 21-year-old Luis Leyba-Gonzalez was sentenced in connection with a crash that killed three people. Investigators said he was out on a joyride when he was involved in a high-speed chase that ended in a crash.

His brother and his cousin, identified as 14-year-old Christian Leyba-Gonzalez and 32-year-old Jose Gonzalez Jr., died in the crash. Makayla Hankins, 21, was also killed after Leyba-Gonzalez ran a red light and slammed into her car at the intersection of 10th Street and Mitthoefer Road.

The crash happened on Sept. 26, 2023.

According to the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, Leyba-Gonzalez pleaded guilty to nine counts, including three counts of resi

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