INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man, who is accused of giving a gun to three kids and letting them shoot it at an apartment complex on the city's near northeast side, is now facing federal charges.
Jeffery Ware, 37, was taken into federal custody on Nov. 19 after he appeared at his court hearing in Marion County.
Around 7 a.m. on July 27, IMPD officers responded to the 2300 block of Hillside Avenue, near East 25th Street, after multiple 911 callers said someone was firing shots at an apartment complex in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood.
When officers arrived on scene, they spoke to multiple witnesses who said a man and three children fired a gun several times in the parking lot before running back inside an apartment.
IMPD said they received video of the incident that showed a man shoot a gun in the air before passing it to three children, who also fired shots into the air.
Police then demanded the occupants of the apartment come outside. Two adults and four children walked out of the apartment and were taken into custody, but Ware remained inside.
Eventually, police obtained a search warrant and took Ware into custody.
In Marion County, Ware was charged with three felonies: unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and three counts of giving a firearm to a child.
He now faces a federal charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
