Indianapolis man sentenced to 60 year for 2021 murder

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indianapolis man on Wednesday was sentenced to 60 years in jail for a homicide in April 2021, the Marion County prosecutor says.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Division officers have been despatched to a report of photographs fired at 9:40 p.m. April 14, 2021, within the 800 block of North Tuxedo Avenue. That’s in a residential space south of East tenth Avenue between North Rural Avenue and North Sherman Drive.

Demetri Swann, 22, was discovered shot in an alley, the place he died.

Marcus Dalton, 22, and a boy who was 13 in April 2021 have been arrested shortly after the homicide. Dalton was convicted in February of homicide and carrying a handgun and not using a license. A information launch issued Wednesday from the Marion County Prosecutor’s Workplace didn’t present any details about the boy.

Whereas officers have been talking with a close-by resident, they observed Dalton strolling at a close-by home. He was arrested after matching the outline of 1 suspect. Police in 2021 mentioned Dalton and the boy, who was not recognized, have been arrested April 15, 2021, on the home.

Investigators obtained a search warrant for the residence the place Dalton was arrested, a car, and Dalton’s backpack, and located each homicide weapons.

Investigators additionally reviewed surveillance footage that captured the sounds of gunfire, in addition to two suspects strolling from the alley and leaving the scene in a black car.