Indiana Man Formally Charged After Weekend Block Party Shooting Kills 1, Wounds 17

Police remain at the scene of a shooting in Muncie, Ind., on July 30, 2023. Douglas Walker/The Star Press via AP

MUNCIE, Ind.—A Muncie man was formally charged Friday with two counts of aggravated battery and criminal recklessness in connection with a weekend shooting that left one person dead and 17 others wounded in the central Indiana city.

John L. Vance Jr., 36, was also charged in Delaware Circuit Court with possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.