Juvenile arrested in killings of 5, including pregnant woman
by Rick Callahan, The Associated Press
Posted Jan 25, 2021 11:28 am EDT
Last Updated Jan 25, 2021 at 11:44 am EDT
Indianapolis police on Monday arrested a juvenile male in the killings of five people, including a pregnant woman, who were shot to death inside a home.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that the name of the suspect was “not being released at this time since the suspect is a juvenile.” No one else was believed to be involved, police said.
Police earlier said that the fatal shootings were discovered by police who had been called about 4 a.m. Sunday to investigate reports of a person shot on the city’s near northeast side and first found a juvenile male with gunshot wounds.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Indianapolis police on Monday arrested a juvenile male in the killings of five people, including a pregnant woman, who were shot to death inside a home.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that the name of the suspect was “not being released at this time since the suspect is a juvenile. No one else was believed to be involved, police said.
Police earlier said that the fatal shootings were discovered by police who had been called about 4 a.m. Sunday to investigate reports of a person shot on the city’s near northeast side and first found a juvenile male with gunshot wounds.
Juvenile arrested in mass murder at Indianapolis home
January 25, 2021 / 1:03 PM / CBS/AP Indy shooting called mass murder
Indianapolis police on Monday arrested a juvenile male in the killings of five people, including a pregnant woman, who were shot to death inside a home. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that the name of the suspect was not being released at this time since the suspect is a juvenile.
No one else was believed to be involved, police said. Both Mayor Joe Hogsett and Police Chief Randal Taylor referred to the incident as a mass murder, CBS affiliate WTTV reports.
UPDATE
January 28, 2021
The suspect was identified as a 17-year-old family member. The teenage boy is accused of fatally shooting his father, stepmother, two teenage relatives and a 19-year-old pregnant woman in the family’s Indianapolis home. As a result, he has been charged with six counts of murder in connection with the slayings, prosecutors announced.
Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III, who was arrested Monday, was charged as an adult with six counts of murder, including one count for the death of the woman’s unborn child, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced at a news conference. The baby had been due to be born in one week, Mears said.