'Why are you laid up next to him?': 'Jealous' boyfriend killed girlfriend's new man after finding them in bed together, prosecutors say

An Indiana antheral was arrested months aft different man's shooting death, and the pistillate believed to beryllium successful the mediate of it each said the alleged killing was driven by jealousy.

Jeremy Jett, 19, was scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Thursday aft helium was charged with murdering 26-year-old Darius Timberlake successful April. According to tribunal documents obtained by section Fox affiliate WXIN, Jett allegedly opened fire connected Timberlake aft uncovering him successful furniture with Jett's girlfriend. In the tribunal record, constabulary said that Jett's woman told them that helium was "jealous."

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According to section ABC affiliate WRTV, constabulary responded to reports of a shooting astatine a location successful Lawrence, Indiana, astatine astir 3:30 a.m. connected April 23. When officers arrived, they recovered Timberlake dead astatine the scene owed to gunshot wounds. Reports astatine the clip stated that a idiosyncratic of involvement was detained astatine the country for questioning but did not accidental who it was oregon whether that idiosyncratic was a suspect.

Just implicit 2 months later, Jett was arrested and charged with Timberlake's murder.

According to WXIN, prosecutors said that Jett showed up astatine the location of his woman to find her successful furniture with different man. That antheral was Timberlake, and Jett allegedly pulled a weapon connected him. The 2 men reportedly fought implicit the weapon earlier Jett fired the fatal shots.

Court documents stated that Jett waited much than fractional an hr earlier calling 911 and past claimed the shooting was an accident.

When constabulary spoke to Jett's girlfriend, she had a antithetic telling of the evident altercation. According to the probable origin affidavit, she told constabulary that she did not judge the shooting was an accident. She stated that Jett was "jealous and accused her of cheating." When helium recovered her successful furniture with Timberlake, helium repeatedly asked her, "Why are you laid up adjacent to him?"

An probe into Jett's societal media enactment besides raised suspicion. According to the probable origin affidavit, Jett allegedly told a person connected Instagram earlier helium was arrested connected Monday that helium was going to assertion that helium changeable Timberlake successful self-defense.

Jett was charged with 1 number of execution and is being held astatine the Marion County Jail without bond. He was scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Thursday.