Yorktown, IN

Police arrested a third person in connection with the fatal shooting of a Yorktown High School football player last month. 29-year-old Austin Garrett faces preliminary charges of assisting a criminal and obstruction of justice. Chris Wilson Jr. was shot and killed October 5 while sitting in a car with his girlfriend in Muncie. According to court documents, detectives executed a search warrant for the phone of Dairus Thompson II. He was recently arrested alongside his son, Dairus Thompson III.

YORKTOWN, Ind. — Police arrested a third person in connection with the fatal shooting of a Yorktown High School football player last month. The 29-year-old man faces preliminary charges of assisting a criminal and obstruction of justice. Chris Wilson Jr. was shot and killed October 5 while sitting in a car with his girlfriend in […]

Court documents say while reviewing the phone of another suspect, detectives found messages with a man who discussed buying a firearm after the homicide.

MUNCIE, Ind. — A Farmland man charged in the shooting death of Yorktown High School football player Christopher Wilson Jr. is being held without bond following his initial court appearance Monday. Dairus Thompson II, 40, faces charges of aiding, inducing or causing murder, conspiracy to commit murder and obstruction of justice. The murder charge carries […]

YORKTOWN, Ind. — A 39-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly trapping a victim in a house for multiple days and sexually assaulting them. According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by FOX59/CBS4, Tyson Brownlee of Yorktown is facing the following charges. Rape, a level 3 FelonyCriminal Confinement, a level 6 FelonyBatteryInterference With Reporting of […]

YORKTOWN, Ind. — A father and son are facing murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Yorktown football player Chris Wilson Jr. earlier this month. According to a probable cause affidavit, investigators from Muncie and Detroit identified Dairus Thompson III and his dad, Dairus Thompson II, as suspects in the killing. Cell phone […]

Formal charges have been filed against a Randolph County man in the murder of 17-year-old Yorktown High School senior football star Chris Wilson Jr. 40-year-old Dairus Thompson II, of Farmland, faces several charges in connection with the shooting death of Wilson earlier this month. He’s charged with murder (aiding, inducing or causing an offense), conspiracy to commit murder and obstruction of justice. On the morning of Oct. 5, Wilson was shot & killed while sitting in his car with his

MUNCIE, Ind. — Detectives on Thursday arrested a 17-year-old in Michigan in connection with the killing of a 17-year-old Yorktown High School football player who was found shot to death two weeks ago inside a vehicle. Muncie police say its detectives and members of the Detroit Violent Gang Task Force arrested Dairus E. Thompson III, […]

A 17-year-old has been arrested in Michigan in connection with a Muncie homicide investigation.

YORKTOWN, Ind. — Formal charges have been filed against a Randolph County man in the murder of 17-year-old Yorktown High School senior football star Chris Wilson. 40-year-old Dairus Thompson II, of Farmland, faces several charges in connection with the shooting death of Wilson earlier this month. He’s charged with murder (aiding, inducing or causing an […]