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18-year-old charged in Dollar General murder

CUMBERLAND, Ind. (WISH) — An 18-year-old man has been charged in the fatal shooting of a man outside a Dollar General store in Cumberland.

The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday filed a charge of murder and a charge of robbery resulting in serious bodily injury against Steven Sheppard, 18, in the Monday night death of 37-year-old Gregory Raley. 

Police believe Raley was trying to intervene during a robbery of the store. Police say he was coming out of the store, then taken around the corner where he was robbed and shot. He was found lying on the ground outside the store and later died. 

On Wednesday, police said a 14-year-old boy was believed to have been the gunman in the robbery turned murder. Cumberland Police Chief Michael Crooke on Thursday said charging documents for the 14-year-old had been sent to the prosecutor’s office. The prosecutor’s office said the 14-year-old remained under investigation in the case. 

According to charging documents, a juvenile had been arrested and taken into juvenile intake for murder and armed robbery charges.

Sheppard’s initial hearing is scheduled for Friday morning. 

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