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MUNCIE — A Randolph County man has been charged in connection with the shooting that killed a 17-year-old Yorktown football player.
Muncie police said 40-year-old Dairus Thompson II faces a preliminary charge for aiding, inducing, or causing murder in the October 5th shooting death of Chris Wilson Jr.
Officers found Wilson inside a vehicle suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the 1400 block of East Cromer Avenue. Wilson was a standout defensive end at Yorktown High School and had committed to play college football at West Virginia.
According to court documents, detectives tracked Thompson’s white GMC Acadia on video driving toward Randolph County after the shooting. Police said phone records placed Thompson and a teenage relative in Muncie at the time of the shooting.
Witnesses told police Thompson suggested the shooting was a case of mistaken identity. Investigators say Thompson parked his vehicle and sent the teenage relative to carry out the shooting on his behalf.
Police also uncovered a video on Thompson’s phone where he gave instructions on how to perform a drive-by shooting.
Thompson was already in custody on an unrelated firearm charge stemming from a September homicide outside an Anderson nightclub.
