Jury finds 25-year-old guilty of 2 of 3 homicides in 2024 at Lawrence apartments

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A jury on Thursday found a 25-year-old Indianapolis man guilty of murdering a Marion woman and a Warsaw man in April 2024 in Lawrence, online court records show.

Malik Shaw had been charged in April 2024 with the murders of Londyn Coleman, 19, of Warsaw; 27-year-old Spencer Lawson Jr., 27, of Indianapolis; and Aaliyah Wortman, 19, of Marion.

A news release issued Thursday from the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office said, “The jury was unable to reach a verdict as to count one relating to a third murder of Spencer Lawson Jr. The count remains pending and the State plans to move forward as a new trial date will be set.”

At 7:16 p.m. April 12, 2024, Lawrence Police Department officers responded to a report of a person shot in the 4400 block of Duxbury Lane. That is at the Jamestowne Apartments near East 45th Street and North Post Road. The three people found shot died at the shooting scene.

A maintenance man at the apartment complex had pursued Shaw as he fled the scene. Shaw ditched his vehicle and fled through a fence.

Later, detectives learned that Shaw had entered a bar seeking a ride home from a stranger, who shared with investigators the address where he dropped off Shaw and a description of him. The address was near Shaw’s home, an apartment complex off East 38th Street west of North Sherman Drive in Indianapolis.

Investigators pieced together Shaw’s movements after the shooting through security footage from various points, and eyewitnesses.

A key piece evidence was found in the Shaw’s car: the cellphone in the center console. Shaw had a cellphone photo in which he was wearing a Nike sweatshirt, the same one that was recovered near the crime scene.

Shaw remained in the Marion County jail on Thursday afternoon, awaiting a sentencing hearing at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 27 in Marion Superior Court 7.

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