IMPD credit technology, witness assistance for solving pair of homicides

INDIANAPOLIS — Two men who have been charged with murder are in jail following a pair of deadly shootings in Indianapolis.

While the two crimes aren’t connected, police say the pair of arrests do share a common message, because both were solved thanks to surveillance video and witness assistance.

In the first case, the suspect allegedly waited for nearly an hour to ambush his coworker outside a UPS facility on Indy’s northwest side.

After being shot in the back in mid-August along West 81st Street, La’Renzo Murray called his mother and told her he didn’t want to die.

The 22-year-old was pronounced dead minutes later in the hospital.

Surveillance video showed the gunman running away from that particular shooting.

Police believe the hooded and masked suspect rode an IndyGo bus to the scene.

Using the suspect’s bus card number, police were able to find pictures of 28-year-old Parris Maul riding the bus without concealing his identity, leading to his murder arrest.

“This boils down to somebody not being able to resolve a conflict peacefully,” said IMPD Officer Drew Brown.

According to the affidavit filed against Maul, Murray reportedly told his supervisor that Maul was “acting scary.”

Although the reason for the dispute between the coworkers remains unclear, police say nothing excuses using violence to solve differences.

“Our neighbors have to look inward and see if this conflict is worth taking someone’s life, and it’s not,” said Brown.

Three weeks after that fatal shooting, police were called to an apartment complex along Dowitch Lane on Indy’s north side and found a 58-year-old man shot to death.

Court records claim neighbors shared doorbell cameras showing 53-year-old Neville Northington leaving that scene.

Police believe the victim, Curtis Harris, had kicked Northington out of their apartment, leading to the suspect killing his roommate.

Police credit the community for helping arrest both Northington and Maul for their alleged crimes.

“The key to a safer community is input from everybody. From police and the public, we have to be able to work together,” said Brown.

Both suspects remain behind bars at the Marion County Jail without bond pending trial.