INDIANAPOLIS — Another man is facing charges for his role in a shooting and robbery on the north side of Indianapolis that left a 19-year-old dead in July.
On Aug. 2, IMPD detectives arrested 18-year-old Adrian Bond, Jr. for his alleged involvement in the death of 19-year-old Elijah Martin, who was killed on July 12.
Police arrested Bond on preliminary charges of felony murder and robbery. He was formally charged Tuesday, Aug. 8 with murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury and armed robbery.
IMPD arrested another 18-year-old, Jeremiah Shanks, on July 26 for his alleged role in the robbery and shooting.
Shanks had his initial court hearing Aug. 1, and a pretrial conference is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 26. Shanks has been charged with two counts of murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, armed robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
Around 12:30 p.m. on July 12, officers responded to a report of a person shot near East 34th and North Meridian streets.
They located a man who had been shot, later identified as Martin, in the 3300 block of North Meridian Street.
Investigators believe the shooting happened inside one of the buildings at the Brownstone Apartments and found a shell casing, pair of shoes, cellphone and set of keys.
Police said Martin was in critical condition when taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
According to court documents, before Martin died, he was able to tell officers the person who shot him "used to date my sister... T... C." Martin said the shooter lived in the complex but didn't know where. The comments made by Martin were captured on the body cams of two officers.
Police believe there was a robbery that Shanks was responsible for, and during that robbery, a shot was fired.
According to court documents, Shanks, another person with Shanks, and Martin can be seen on surveillance video entering a building at the apartment complex and moments later, Martin stumbles back out and collapses on the ground.
Shanks and the other person can allegedly be seen on surveillance video running out of the back of the building.
On July 24, IMPD SWAT and Violent Crimes Unit teams located Shanks at an Indianapolis motel and took him into custody.
According to court documents, Shanks denied having anything to do with the shooting.