Two men face murder charges in fatal Gary shooting
Two men were charged with murder Thursday in connection with a man found fatally shot at least 10 times in Gary, according to an affidavit.
Micah “Mike” Sanders, 23, Virgil “Reese” King, 22, both of Gary, are implicated in the Jan. 25 death of Daqwuan Walker, 23, of Gary.
Both men are in custody, ordered held without bail. Their next court appearance is Feb. 2 before Lake Superior Judge Gina Jones.
A Gary detective was called 8:17 a.m. Jan. 25 to the 500 block of Chase Street where Walker was laying lifeless on his back near the home’s front stoop, according to court records.
Police found several 9-millimeter bullet casings nearby.
A witness told police Walker was walking back from a gas station around 6 a.m. when gunshots rang out, according to court records.
Police discovered a dog had been shot dead on the 500 block of Taney Street not long after Walker’s slaying. It was the same bullet type, the affidavit alleges.
A K-9 dog tracked a scent from the crime scene to the same house on the 500 block of Taney, then stopped at a house on the 2500 block of Waverly Drive, five blocks away from the murder scene, charges state.
Officers surrounded the home. A man appeared to try crawling out a back window with possibly a gun in his pocket before closing it shut. Officers arrested King and Sanders, according to the affidavit. A woman and several kids were inside.
A witness told police King and Sanders knocked on the door asking to come inside and he knew them “through our (relative).”
The men were inside for 10 minutes before police came, according to court documents.
After a search warrant, police found body armor thrown on the sofa, a loaded tan handgun left in a closet, and another gun magazine.
Detectives also found two black sweatshirts, a pair of black sweatpants, a tank top and gym shoes.
Security footage showed two men in black sweatshirts walking in an alley toward where Walker was shot, then running away afterwards, the affidavit alleges.
King, the shorter man, told police he was in the area with Sanders when “a couple of people looked at him strangely” and said he needed to leave. They “took off running” after he heard shots, running to house where police found them. He went there for a friend to pick him up and left things like his sweatshirt there, he said, according to documents.
Investigators said King was “dishonest,” charges state. Sanders, the taller man, only gave his name, before he asked for a lawyer.
Both men were also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, and two counts of unlawful carrying of a handgun, according to court records.