MUNCIE, IN — A Muncie man who was shot at a south-side apartment complex on the evening of Friday, Sept. 5, has died of his injuries.
Ashuntiz T. Stewart, 27, died at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, according to Melissa Criswell, deputy chief of the Muncie Police Department.
Criswell said Delaware County Coroner Gavin Greene was informed of Stewart’s death on Monday.
Emergency dispatchers received a report of a shooting at the complex in the 3200 block of South Walnut Street at 8:36 p.m. Friday.
Police and emergency medical personnel from the Muncie Fire Department found two shooting victims: Stewart and a 24-year-old man who was later reported to be in stable condition.
Criswell said the case is “an ongoing and continual investigation” and that detectives are “following up on multiple leads.”
Anyone with information on the shootings is asked to call Muncie police detectives at 765-747-3867.
The South Walnut Street shootings were two of five reported in Muncie in less than five hours Friday night and early Saturday.
At. 11:59 p.m. Friday, two men were reportedly shot in the parking lot of a convenience store at Madison and Willard streets. Those victims — ages 30 and 44 — were both later listed in stable condition.
At 1:01 a.m. Saturday, a 52-year-old man was reportedly shot in the 1300 block of South Monroe Street. He also was listed in stable condition on Saturday.
In a release issued Saturday, Criswell said each case is being “investigated as a separate incident.”
The Monroe Street shooting led to the arrest of a Muncie woman accused of obstruction of justice.
Police said Marianna Lettrece Stokes, 32 — reported to be that shooting victim’s niece — passed through yellow tape securing the crime scene and entered the house where her uncle had been shot.
She was later released after posting a $5,000 bond at the Delaware County Jail. Delaware County Prosecutor Eric Hoffman’s office will determine whether Stokes will be formally charged with entering the crime scene.
Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.
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Reporting by Douglas Walker, Muncie Star Press / Muncie Star Press
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