South Bend man charged with Murder in Ireland Road shooting

St. Joseph County Jail

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A South Bend man faces a Murder charge in a recent shooting death.

36-year-old Terell Howard is charged with killing 34-year-old Jeffrey Sheppart.

The shooting happened November 1 in the 900 block of Ireland Road. Officers pronounced Howard dead at the scene. A witness reportedly told officers that a man wearing dark clothes shot at Sheppard before running away.

Surveillance video allegedly appears to show a man shooting Sheppard multiple times in front of the nearby Long John Silvers.

Officials say surveillance video appeared to show Howard exiting a Jeep. The other person in the vehicle allegedly told police Howard drove to the area and got out of the car; the second person then reportedly drove to a nearby gas station.

Howard allegedly later called them after the shooting to say that people were firing guns. The second person allegedly went back and picked Howard up at a nearby Walgreens.

The owner of the Jeep was reportedly a family member of Howard's.

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