IMPD arrests man ‘within minutes’ of fatal Denny Street shooting
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis police say officers apprehended a man just minutes after responding to the scene of a fatal October shooting on the city’s northeast side.
Officers apprehended 43-year-old Gerald Gray shortly after the Oct. 12 shooting death of 47-year-old Anthony Myers Sr., the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement.
Officers found Myers on the ground outside a home in the 3000 block of North Denny Street while responding to a report of shots fired near Denny and 33rd Streets, according to police.
A witness that was inside the North Denny Street home told police that she “observed a black truck pull up out front. She asked Anthony Myers who was out front, and he said he didn’t know, he would go check it out. She sat down, Anthony Myers went outside, she heard multiple gunshots and ducked down. When she looked out of the window, she observed Anthony Myers fall to the ground and she went outside,” court papers say.
Myers died before he could be taken to a hospital. The Marion County Coroner’s Office ruled his death a homicide.
The cartridge cases and bullet recovered at autopsy were identified as having been fired by the handgun believed to be Gray’s, court documents say.
IMPD says Gray was taken into custody shortly after officers arrived at the scene.
“The suspect, later identified as Gerald Gray, was apprehended within minutes after the shots were heard by officers. IMPD homicide detectives responded to the scene and began their investigation. The investigation continued and detectives arrested Gray for murder,” IMPD said.
The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will make a final charging decision. Online court records show that Gray faces one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
Gray is previously convicted of carrying a handgun without a license and robbery resulting in serious bodily injury.
Anyone with information was asked to contact Detective Douglas Morning by email at Douglas.Morning@indy.gov or by calling the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-374. Anonymous tips can also be left with Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS.