LAWRENCE, Indiana — Two 16-year-olds are being charged as adults in connection to a deadly shooting in Lawrence in May.
Prosecutors formally charged Derek Reasor, of McCordsville, and Quayvon George, of Indianapolis, with murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, robbery resulting in bodily injury and armed robbery. Reasor is facing additional charges of murder, attempted murder and dangerous possession of a firearm.
Reasor and George's pretrial conferences are scheduled for Sept. 7 at 10 a.m.
Around 5:30 p.m. on May 26, police responded to a report of a person shot in the 8000 block of Louisville Way, near 42nd Street and Franklin Road.
Police said one person died at the scene, and another person was shot in the stomach.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the deceased victim as 18-year-old Bryce Brown. His cause of death has been ruled a homicide.
According to court documents, the shooting was connected to a drug buy gone bad.
Police were able to use witness statements, surveillance video and phone logs to identify Reasor and George as suspects.