INDIANAPOLIS — Prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old boy for his alleged role in the murder of a man on Indianapolis' northwest side .

Emmanuel Awobiyi, of Indianapolis, has been charged with murder. His initial hearing was Thursday, Oct. 23.

IMPD officers responded to the 5200 block of Austral Drive , near the 56th Street exit on Interstate 465, just after 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30 on the report of a person shot.

According to court documents, Awobiyi was meeting up with a woman, and they got in a fight. Police said Awobiyi "became aggressive" with the woman and pointed a gun at her, causing the female to "scream for help," and she called 38-year-old William E. Deaton II, who drove to help her.

Police said when Deaton arrived, Awobiyi fired several shots at Deaton, killing him. Med

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