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Police identified the men as suspects in the homicide after finding a pendant with wings at the crime scene that contained a photograph of a 21-year-old man killed in Gary

Police identified the men as suspects in the homicide after finding a pendant with wings at the crime scene that contained a photograph of a 21-year-old man killed in Gary

Devonte T. Phillips, 20, is the only defendant who remains charged in connection with a shooting July 5, 2020, in Gary that killed 16-year-old Christopher Watson and wounded a 56-year-old

3 charged in killing allegedly retaliated for double-slaying Associated Press   CROWN POINT, Ind. – Two men and a 17-year-old boy face murder charges for allegedly fatally shooting one person and trying to kill two others last summer in Gary in retaliation for an earlier double-homicide. Authorities arrested Devonte T. Phillips, 19, Thaddeus S. McWilliams, 18, and Christian I. Nelson, 17, on Monday in the July 2020 fatal shooting of Christopher Watson, 16, and the wounding of a 56-year-old G...

By - Associated Press - Wednesday, March 10, 2021 CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - Two men and a 17-year-old boy face murder charges for allegedly fatally shooting one person and trying to kill two others last summer in Gary in retaliation for an earlier double-homicide. Authorities arrested Devonte T. Phillips, 19, Thaddeus S. McWilliams, 18, and Christian I. Nelson, 17, on Monday in the July 2020 fatal shooting of Christopher Wa...

CROWN POINT — Authorities arrested two men and a teenager Monday on charges they shot and killed a 16-year-old boy and attempted to kill two others in July in Gary in retaliation for an earlier double homicide, court records show.  Devonte T. Phillips, 19, Christian I. Nelson, 17, and Thaddeus S. McWilliams, 18, all of Gary, are accused of targeting the family of Xavier Watson after Lake County prosecutors dropped murder charges in May against Watson and Mikal Franklin. Watson and Frank...