Teen Charged in Fatal Shootings of 5 at Indianapolis Home

Teen Charged in Fatal Shootings of 5 at Indianapolis Home
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department work the scene in Indianapolis, Ind., on Jan. 24, 2021. Justin L. Mack/The Indianapolis Star via AP
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INDIANAPOLIS—A 17-year-old Indianapolis boy has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting his father, stepmother, two teenage relatives, and a 19-year-old pregnant woman in the family’s home, a prosecutor announced Thursday.

Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III, who was arrested Monday, was charged as an adult with six counts of murder, including one count for the death of the woman’s unborn child, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced at a news conference. The baby had been due to be born in one week, he said.