Two suspects arrested in two homicides in Indianapolis – Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Indianapolis police on Thursday arrested two suspects in two separate 2024 homicides, including a man accused of intentionally driving his car through a large group of people, striking and killing one.

The first arrest occurred early Thursday morning. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, officers located Joaquin Harmon-Segura, 19, in the 11500 block of Dunshire Drive and took him into custody.

Harmon-Segura faces murder charges in the On March 28, Addam Hart, 25, died.

IMPD officers were called to a home in the 2200 block of Gable Drive, just southeast of I-70 and North Mitthoeffer Road, to investigate a person who had been shot. There they found Hart suffering from a gunshot wound. He was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, but later died.

Hart’s mother had told investigators that after going to bed on March 28, she heard loud pops and saw dust falling inside her room. She called her son to help her and he ran down the stairs. He fell to the floor with a gunshot wound in front of his bedroom door.

In May, IMPD arrested a juvenile for her role in the murder, who was later charged as an adult with aiding or causing Hart’s murder. Savannah Allen16 at the time of the murder, told police he joined a group of people who shot up the Gable Drive home. Allen said the group had been talking about going after someone accused of sexual assault.

The second arrest occurred later Thursday, when officers arrested Felipe Maguelal, 33, for a Fatal hit-and-run incident that occurred outside a west side bar.

According to police, shortly after midnight on Oct. 19, a fight broke out between Maguellal and another person at the Checkered Flag Tavern at 5725 W. Morris St. Patrons of the bar broke up the fight and Maguellal was asked to leave.

After leaving, Maguellal got into his truck and “intentionally” drove his car through a crowd of people outside the bar. He struck 40-year-old Perry Banks, who was later pronounced dead at the scene, and fled the bar. It was unclear whether Banks and Maguellal knew each other.

Both men were booked into the Marion County Jail and held without bond. Both face preliminary charges of murder.