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Delaware County jury finds Muncie man guilty of murder, recklessness
MUNCIE, Ind. — After deliberating for greater than six hours, a Delaware Circuit Courtroom 5 jury on Thursday night time discovered a Muncie man responsible of homicide.
Armon D. Edwards, now 29, was accused of fatally taking pictures Jordan Jarrell Rowe, 28, additionally of Muncie, throughout a confrontation — outdoors a Marathon comfort retailer within the 900 block of East Predominant Road — on Oct. 7, 2018.
Deputy Prosecutors Doug Mawhorr and Jagen Arnold stated Edwards approached Rowe within the retailer’s parking zone and repeatedly struck him within the head with a handgun earlier than fatally taking pictures him.
Earlier than he was mortally wounded, Rowe additionally shot Edwards within the chest. The prosecutors stated that gunshot was fired in self protection.
In his closing remarks on Thursday, protection legal professional Randall Cable stated his shopper had approached Rowe over an incident that noticed gunshots fired on the Muncie dwelling of Edwards’ grandmother.
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“He repeatedly, and repeatedly, and repeatedly indicated he was attempting to guard Grandmother,” Cable stated. “He needed to get up for her.”
Nevertheless, Arnold and Mawhorr stated that incident had taken place greater than every week earlier, and that there was no indication Rowe had fired these gunshots.
They maintained Edwards had not acted in “sudden warmth” or shot Rowe in self-defense.
“There is no such thing as a proof of Jordan Rowe upsetting Armon Edwards on the fuel station,” Mawhorr stated. “The one factor that Jordan Rowe did was defend himself.”
Edwards didn’t testify at this week’s trial. Jurors seen recordings of two statements he gave to police investigators within the quick wake of the slaying.
Additionally they repeatedly watched surveillance movies that confirmed the deadly encounter outdoors the shop.
Cable steered his shopper’s remarks to police had been influenced by ache treatment he obtained at IU Well being Ball Memorial Hospital, the place he obtained remedy for his gunshot wound.
Arnold stated Edwards had described what passed off within the parking zone with “stunning readability.”
Choose Thomas Cannon Jr. set sentencing for Nov. 9. In Indiana, a homicide conviction carries a most 65-year jail time period.
Edwards was additionally discovered responsible of felony recklessness, a Degree 6 felony carrying as much as 30 months in jail.
The jury started its deliberations at 2:48 p.m. after Cannon learn ultimate directions. The decide introduced the verdicts about 9:30 p.m.
Douglas Walker is a information reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.
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