EPD reveals new details about deadly E. Louisiana St. shooting

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) – More information has started to come out about the shooting that left a man dead last week in Evansville.

Over the weekend, 54-year-old Martin Keith Miniard was arrested by police and brought in as the suspect of the shooting.

His warrant reveals more details about what happened that night on E. Louisiana Street.

Police say around 8 p.m. on July 17, a woman called 911 saying that she had come home and found a man inside who had been shot.

She told police she was allowing the victim, a 37-year-old homeless man named Joshua Seymour, to stay at her home.

According to the warrant, the woman then spoke with officers at EPD headquarters and told them she was in a relationship with the suspect.

The day of the murder, police say the woman had a heated argument with Miniard.

As she was leaving for a walk, Seymour allegedly walked through the backdoor of the home, which she says wasn’t unusual since he was staying there off-and-on.

While walking away from the home, the woman claims she heard a loud “boom”.

Officers say Miniard then came outside, told her to call an ambulance and drove away in his minivan.

A man who was inside the home during the incident told police Miniard shot the victim and then said, “I shot him”.

Martin Keith Miniard was arrested Saturday and booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail and charged with Murder.

He was arraigned Monday and the court put in a preliminary plea of not guilty.

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