A 20-year-old and teenager accused of fatally shooting a man last week in an east-side alley after an apparent robbery have been charged with murder.
Marcus Dalton and a 13-year-old boy, whose name has not been released, were arrested the day after Indianapolis police found Demetri Swann with gunshot wounds in an alley between North Tuxedo and Olney streets.
Emergency medical services pronounced Swann, 22, dead at the scene.
Dalton has been charged with murder, felony murder, carrying a handgun without a license and robbery resulting in serious bodily injury. The 13-year-old, whose charges are filed in juvenile court, faces two counts of murder and a charge of robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office said.
According to a probable cause affidavit, a neighbor told police they heard a loud “pop” in the neighborhood around the time of the shooting. A person ran past their pickup, being chased by two men — one “stocky,” the other: smaller.
The neighbor told police the two people then shot the person several times.
Swann’s husband of eight years said another neighbor informed him of the shooting while he was buying Taco Bell. He told police their Xbox had been moved when he returned home, with the games missing. His marijuana was also gone, the affidavit said.
Police said the 13-year-old’s dad flagged an investigator the night of the shooting and showed them surveillance footage of Dalton and the teen walking “very casually” south from the alley after a series of gunshots are heard. Both get into a black Pontiac.
Dalton denied his involvement in the shooting to homicide detectives, the affidavit said. He told investigators he met up with the teenager, who he thought was 17, at a gas station. He later said he and the 13-year-old were in the alley that night to kill chickens.
When detectives showed him the surveillance footage of the duo leaving the alley, Dalton said he stayed on the front porch while the teenager went into Swann’s home. During the chase in the alley, Dalton said he fired a shot at the ground.
The affidavit said a search warrant turned up three guns, described as a Glock, Smith & Wesson and 9mm.
The 13-year-old told investigators he shot Swann because they “had beef” and went inside Swann’s home to steal guns, according to the affidavit. He intended to steal the Xbox but dropped the cord on the way out, the affidavit said.
An autopsy showed Swann was shot eight times, and determined he died from multiple gunshot wounds.
A pretrial conference for Dalton is scheduled for June 21.