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2 arrested in burglary, shooting at southeast side home

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Police on Saturday announced the Friday arrests of two men in connection to a burglary and a shooting at a southeast side home.

Benjamin Gardner, 47, and Kevin Lemaster, 40, face preliminary charges of burglary and felony murder (a charge that accompanies committing certain kinds of felonies that result in death). 

According to Capt. Robert Troutt with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, a homeowner called police Thursday morning to report a burglary to a home in the 6400 block of Winslow Drive, near Stop 11 Road between Arlington Avenue and Combs Road. That homeowner then made plans for someone to watch over the home, which was vacant and for sale, in case the burglars came back. Police did not explain the relationship between the man watching the home and the homeowner.

Around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, officers arrived at that residence on a report of a person shot. The three men who had burglarized the home earlier returned to collect more items, and the man sent by the homeowner shot at them, killing one man and possibly injuring another, Troutt said.

Both the owner of the home and the person who shot at the suspects were cooperating with police on Thursday night. No information was available Saturday about whether the person who shot at the suspects would face criminal charges. 

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