Arrest made after man fatally beaten with a brick in downtown Indianapolis, court records reveal

Greater than a yr after Atlas Wedlow Jr. died after being overwhelmed downtown, police have made an arrest in his killing.  

Markeiss Armstrong, 39, is going through one cost of homicide after court docket information say he encountered Wedlow downtown, grabbed a brick from the bottom and beat him with it till he dropped. The arrest was introduced Monday by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Division.

On Sept. 21, 2021 shortly after 1:40 a.m. officers responded to a name about an individual probably shot close to the intersection of North Pennsylvania and Ohio streets downtown. There, mendacity on a sidewalk, officers discovered Wedlow gravely injured. Close by they discovered pair of blue footwear, tan pants, and a yellow Indiana Pacer’s ballcap, court docket information point out.

He died days later, on Sept. 29, 2021.

A preliminary possible trigger affidavit detailing Armstrong’s involvement signifies surveillance footage of the beating led police to establish Armstrong as a suspect.  

An arrest warrant was issued for Armstrong on Dec. 21 and the Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace positioned and arrested him the following day, a information launch from police states.

Anybody with details about this killing ought to contact Detective Dustin Keedy at 317-327-3475 or by e-mail at Dustin.Keedy@indy.gov.