While charges were filed against Gabbard on July 17, and he was arrested in Richmond on Aug. 5, a court document detailing the allegations against him was not released until Aug. 20.

According to an affidavit, a witness said Gabbard fired gunshots from a vehicle at the scene of the Blackford County homicide.

Deputies said they found Gabbard's wallet on the front porch of the rural Hartford City home where the slaying occurred.

HARTFORD CITY, IN — Investigators allege Deontae Edward Gabbard fired gunshots from a fleeing vehicle on the night a Blackford County man was fatally shot.

Gabbard, a 23-year-old Richmond man, was arrested in that Wayne County city on Aug. 5.

He had been charged July 17 in Blackford Circuit Court with murder — and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious vi

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