LAWRENCE, Ind. — A man was arrested on a preliminary murder charge in a deadly shooting in Lawrence last week.
Around 6:40 a.m. on Sept. 29, Lawrence police and EMS said they responded to the report of an unresponsive person, discovered in a bushy area outside of a home in the 4200 block of North Franklin Road, near 42nd Street.
Responding officers and medics determined the unresponsive person died at the scene from a single gunshot wound.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 41-year-old Natasha D. Highbaugh. On Wednesday, police announced a 23-year-old man was arrested in the case after investigators viewed evidence from surveillance cameras, license plate readers and other information.
Investigators believe the victim had not been there long, likely "sometime throughout the overnight hours," police said in a statement.
According to court documents, detectives used video surveillance from the area, which allegedly captured the lead-up to the shooting early that morning, in order to identify a suspect.
After a suspect car with the suspect inside was pulled over by police the afternoon of Sept. 29, another person inside the car told police the suspect said he had someone while pumping gas at a nearby gas station.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS (8477), where tips can be shared anonymously.
(NOTE: 13News does not name suspects in cases until formal charges are filed by prosecutors.)
