Curry meets with Richmond Hill residents

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The suspects in the south side explosion will not face the death penalty.  Monday night, Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry broke the news to the residents who were affected by blast.

Inside the Southport Christian Church Worship Center, about 100 Richmond Hill homeowners met behind closed doors to hear Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry.

24-Hour-News 8's camera was not allowed inside for the meeting, but we were told Curry talked to people about the latest developments in the explosion case.

Monday morning, Curry filed formal requests to seek life without the possibility of parole for the three suspects charged in the explosion.

"It’ll all work out," said Matt Lennon, a Richmond Hill resident.

Lennon was inside the church for the meeting. He said Curry’s announcement doesn’t change a thing for him.

"It is what it is; justice will be served and we will have to see. We just have to wait for the prosecution go through the motion. We’ll see what happens," Lennon said.

"There was no anger or anything shown to us," said Gary Coons, Chief of the Indianapolis Division of Homeland Security.

Coons said the Richmond Hill residents have been through a lot and he says with this news, maybe some of them can start to heal.

"I think they understand the charges that are being filed, the direction that it’s going and why it needs to go the way it’s going that the prosecutor has chosen," he said.   

24-Hour-News 8 attempted to talk to other residents after the meeting; none of them wanted to talk on camera. Lennon said since the explosion, many of them have leaned on each other for support.

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"You find out that you’re stronger than you thought you were when you have a lot of really, really good neighbors; we’ve all kept in contact with each other and leaned on each other for opinions, suggestions and ways to move forward from here," Lennon said.

Moving forward is exactly what many in this community are doing. One sign of moving forward: the frame of the first house demolished here is starting to go up.