UPDATE: Suspect identified, formally charged in early morning shooting on Hiveley Avenue
Elkhart County Jail: Justin O. Murillo Rodriguez UPDATE: The suspect arrested in the recent early morning shooting on Hively Avenue has been identified as 20-year-old Justin O. Murillo Rodriguez of Elkhart.
The Elkhart County Prosecutor's Office has formally charged Murillo Rodriguez with Criminal Recklessness, a Level 5 Felony.
His bond was set at $50,000 corporate surety, which he's since posted. He is no longer at the Elkhart County Jail.
The initial investigation determined several vehicles, and multiple people were in a gas station parking lot when the shooting occurred.
Murillo Rodriguez allegedly fired at a vehicle first during the incident. Several other shots were subsequently fired by what appears to have been multiple people.
ORIGINAL STORY: ELKHART, Ind. -- The Elkhart Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday in the 200 block of Hively Ave, in which multiple individuals were involved.
At approximately 1:45 a.m., an Elkhart Police Department Officer on patrol heard gunfire and attempted to locate the scene with other Officers. A woman flagged down an EPD Officer near the 200 block of W. Hively Ave where other officers located a scene in a nearby parking lot. While investigating, Officers learned of a 20-year-old male walk-in gunshot wound patient at a nearby hospital.
Initial investigation indicates that several vehicles and multiple individuals were outside the gas station when the shooting occurred, and that several shots were fired by what appeared to be multiple people during the incident.
The 20-year-old man gunshot wound patient was treated at the hospital and medically cleared. He was subsequently arrested on preliminary charges in connection with this investigation and transported to the Elkhart County Jail. This arrest will be forwarded to the Elkhart County Prosecutor’s Office for review of formal criminal charges.
No other injuries were reported in connection with this incident. At this time, no further arrests have been made, and this remains an active and ongoing investigation.
If you have any information, please call the Elkhart Police Department at 574-295-7070 or Crime Stoppers at 574-288-STOP.