INDIANAPOLIS — EDITOR'S NOTE: Based on information from the U.S. Marshal Service, this story previously said Jeremy Etheridge was connected to an Indianapolis murder on Dec. 20, 2021. IMPD clarified he is actually connected to a murder that happened July 26, 2021. The story has been updated to make that correction.
U.S. Marshals arrested an Indiana man in Tennessee on a first-degree murder warrant out of Indianapolis.
Jeremy Rico Etheridge, 39, was in Union City, Tennessee, with another fugitive who was wanted by Wisconsin police.
The U.S. Marshals Service said Etheridge is believed to be involved in a fatal shooting that happened in Indianapolis. The Marion County Sheriff's Office issued a warrant on Dec. 20, 2021, and the marshals service forwarded it to the Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force in Jackson, Tenn.
Marshals arrested Etheridge on Friday, Feb. 11. He was with 64-year-old Eric Garrett, who was wanted for felony theft in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
On Tuesday, IMPD confirmed Etheridge is a suspect in the July 26, 2021 murder of 46-year-old Sean Nailor. Nailor was killed on Indy's south side, on McFarland Court, just off Stop 11 Road.
According to court records, Etheridge has been formally charged in the crime. The case had previously been sealed, but a judge granted a motion to unseal it Tuesday, allowing police to share more details.
"We appreciate the information from the public that led to the arrest of an alleged Indiana murder fugitive and a second fugitive from Wisconsin," said U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller. "When law enforcement and the community work together, our neighborhoods are safer."
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