Police identified the men as suspects in the homicide after finding a pendant with wings at the crime scene that contained a photograph of a 21-year-old man killed in Gary
Police identified the men as suspects in the homicide after finding a pendant with wings at the crime scene that contained a photograph of a 21-year-old man killed in Gary
Devonte T. Phillips, 20, is the only defendant who remains charged in connection with a shooting July 5, 2020, in Gary that killed 16-year-old Christopher Watson and wounded a 56-year-old
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3 charged in killing allegedly retaliated for double-slaying
Associated Press
CROWN POINT, Ind. – Two men and a 17-year-old boy face murder charges for allegedly fatally shooting one person and trying to kill two others last summer in Gary in retaliation for an earlier double-homicide.
Authorities arrested Devonte T. Phillips, 19, Thaddeus S. McWilliams, 18, and Christian I. Nelson, 17, on Monday in the July 2020 fatal shooting of Christopher Watson, 16, and the wounding of a 56-year-old Gary man.
The defendants, all from Gary, were scheduled for initial hearings Wednesday on one count each of murder and two counts of attempted murder. They allegedly opened fired on Watson, the man and a female relative of Watson s as they were outside moving a treadmill to a vehicle, The (Northwest Indiana) Times reported.