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

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis police arrested two suspects Thursday in two separate murders that occurred in 2024; These include a man accused of deliberately driving his car into a large group of people, hitting and killing one of them.

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

Harmon-Segura faces murder charges March 28 Death of 25-year-old Addam Hart.

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 with a gunshot wound. He was taken to hospital in critical condition, but later died.

Hart’s mother told investigators that after she went to bed on March 28, she heard loud noises and saw dust falling into her room. He called his son for help and he ran downstairs. He fell to the ground with a gunshot wound in front of his bedroom door.

In May, IMPD arrested a teenage girl for her role in the murder, and she was later charged as an adult for aiding or causing Hart’s murder. savannah allanPolice said he was 16 at the time of the murder and joined a group of people who opened fire on the Gable Drive home. Allen said the group talked about going after someone accused of sexual assault.

The second arrest occurred on Thursday when officers arrested 33-year-old Felipe Maguellal for a misdemeanor. A fatal hit-and-run outside a west side bar.

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

After leaving, Maguellal got into his SUV and “intentionally” drove through the crowd of people outside the bar. He attacked 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 were being held without bail. Both face preliminary murder charges.