Jury deliberates an hour, convicts Indianapolis man of 2021 homicide in Lawrence

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A jury deliberated simply an hour earlier than convicting an Indianapolis man of homicide and tried homicide, the Marion County prosecutor says.

Jashawn Jones killed Stephen Banks, 25, and injured his girlfriend in April 2021.

The Lawrence Police Division says the capturing occurred simply earlier than midnight on April 7, 2021 at a house within the 10000 block of Draycott Avenue in Lawrence. Police arrived and located bullet holes in a window on the rear of the home.

Police discovered Banks in a house affected by gunshot wounds and his girlfriend grazed by a bullet.

Banks died on the scene.

Investigators watched surveillance footage to trace Jones’ whereabouts earlier than the capturing, which confirmed Jones’ automobile driving away from the scene at a excessive velocity. Cellphone forensics positioned Jones within the space the place the capturing occurred. Jones’ DNA was additionally on the shell casings found on the scene.

Banks, his girlfriend, and Jones had a dispute over a pending protecting order and youngster visitation points. Banks’ girlfriend had a pending protecting order towards Jones.

Jones’ sentencing listening to set for February.