Docs: Man killed father in dispute, has criminal history

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Detectives were capable to usage the GPS connected Michael Wilson Jr.’s ankle show to way him down and apprehension him Wednesday.

He’s charged with murdering his begetter — Michael Wilson Sr. — precocious Tuesday evening.

A witnesser told constabulary she went to a location connected Edmonson Avenue erstwhile she heard Wilson and his begetter successful an argument. She told detectives she heard 3 gunshots.

“The officers arrived astatine the residence and located an big antheral idiosyncratic wrong the residence suffering from an evident gunshot wound,” Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Captain Mike Lepper said. “Indianapolis Fire Department arrived connected the country and pronounced the idiosyncratic deceased.”

Other tribunal documents amusement Wilson Jr. is nary alien to the law.

In July of 2020, doctor’s astatine Riley Hospital for Children notified constabulary they were treating a babe for a fractured skull and bruising connected the baby’s legs. The baby’s parent told constabulary her boyfriend, Wilson Jr., was with the babe for a play of clip and told her the “child was sick.”

Wilson denied helium harmed the baby.

While investigating the case, constabulary discovered Wilson Jr. was a fishy successful a 2018 lawsuit wherever shots were fired from a moving vehicle. Another constabulary study from 2011 shows Wilson was arrested connected weapon and transgression recklessness charges.

Wilson is being held successful the Marion County Jail with nary bond. A preliminary proceeding is acceptable for 9:00 a.m. Monday.