The suspect accused of fatally shooting a man outside of Ale Emporium in 2023 is asking a judge to suppress evidence of a gun found in his vehicle and statements he allegedly made to police while being questioned.

Marco Antonio Gonzalez, 25, is charged with murder for the 2023 death of Timothy A. Sannito, 52, of Indianapolis, outside Ale Emporium, 997 E. County Line Road. Sannito was shot twice and found unresponsive in the restaurant’s parking lot. He later died at Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis.

Last year, Johnson Superior Court 3 Judge Douglas Cummins issued an order finding that Gonzalez was competent to stand trial for the charges — two-and-a-half months after he had previously found Gonzalez incompetent to do so. He regained competency after spending time in a st

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