BREAKING | Tyler Newby was convicted of of reckless homicide for the killing of a man during the 2020 riots in downtown Indianapolis. He claims he fired in self-defense.
Newby, 32, shot and killed Dorian Murrell near Market and Pennsylvania streets about 2:30 a.m. May 31, 2020, on the same night that rioters broke windows and looted businesses Downtown. The unrest was sparked by outrage over the killing by police of George Floyd in Minnesota.
Prosecutors charged Newby with murder, but Marion Superior Court Judge Angela Dow Davis found him guilty of the lesser crime of criminal recklessness after a one day bench trial. Criminal recklessness is a level 5 felony that carries a maximum sentence of six years in prison.Records filed by prosecutors say Murrell, 18, was with three others who that night committed a string of robberies and allegedly killed former Indiana University football player Chris Beaty.
Marion County prosecutors have linked Murrell to Marcus Jayon Anderson, Alijah Jones and Nakeyah Shields, who they say committed a string of armed robberies before shooting and killing Beaty near Talbot and Vermont Street late on May 30, 2020. Murrell died hours later from the gunshot fired by Newby.
Prosecutors charged Anderson, Jones and Shields with murder in Beaty's death and six counts of armed robbery in connection with other victims.
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