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STATE OF INDIANA
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MURDER, A FELONY
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MARQWAN BESERRA
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FI~ED JUN 102015
Clerk
St. Joseph Superior Court
INFORMATION
CHRISTOPHERC.
FRONK, upon information and belief, affirms under penalty ofperjury that:
On or about June 9, 2015, in St. Joseph County, State of Indiana, MARQWAN BESERRA did
knowingly or intentionally kill another human being, to wit: Jerry Dwayne Wright.
All of which is contrary to the form of the statutes in such cases made and provided by I.e. 35-42-1
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I affirm under the penalties for perjury that thef()regoin
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Court having reviewed the Affidavit in Support of Charging Information, makes a finding of probable
cause for this charge. The Court also has considered the weight of the evidence and any defenses as
presented in the affidavit and makes a preliminary finding that the State has proven, by a preponderance
of the evidence, that the guilt efthe Defendant is evident and/or the presumption of guilt is
strong. Warrant ordered issued.
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Defendant ordered held without bond. Further hearing on bond to be set at either party~
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Defendant's bond is set by the Court at:
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MARQW AN BESERRA
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AFFIDAVIT IN
SUPPORT OF PROBABLE CAUSE
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St. Joseph Superior Court
James Taylor, upon information and belief, affirms under the penalties for perjury that:
I am an Investigator with the St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit, and make this
affidavit after my own investigation as well as reviewing verified St. Joseph County Metro
Homicide and other investigative reports which were submitted to me. The investigation and
reports reveal as follows:
On June 9,2015 shortly after 5:30 P,M. police were dispatched to a shooting in the 2400
block of Frederickson St., South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN. On arrival victim Jerry Wright
was found suffering from several apparent gunshot wounds. Mr. Wright did not survive his
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wounds.
Witness Ms. Partee explained thatJerry Wright had come to her home in the 2400 block
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of Frederickson Street just a few minutes prior to the shooting to see the mother of his child who
was at her residence getting her hair done. Marqwan Beserra, whom Ms. Partee has known
basically his whole life, was also at the residence and had stayed there the night prior. Beserra
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and Wright exchanged words in the residence and Ms. Partee escorted the young men out the
front door into the stre-et where they continued to exchange words, including Beserra telling
Wright thathe (Beserra) had a gun. Shots were then fired. Ms. Partee saw Jerry Wright stumble
toward her residence and fall. Marqwan Beserra fled to the Northwest.
Another witness, Ms. Mohead, was near the front of Ms. Partee's house when she heard
gunshots. Ms ..Mohead looked up and saw Marqwan Beserra, whom she had known previously
and had photographs of on her cellular telephone, standing in the street holding a black and
brown handgun which was leveled and pointed toward Jerry Wright. Jerry Wright was
stumbling toward the house then fell.
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A thirdwitness, Ms. Manns, was walking in.the 2400 Block of Frederickspn when she
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saw Jerry w:i;t,
whom she knows, shot in the stre~t by another marr~e
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shooter fled to the
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Northwest.
The witnesses and evidence indicate that Jerry Wright was not armed.
All of the events herein took place in 81. Joseph County, Indiana.
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I affirm, under the penalties for perjury; that the foregoing representations are true.
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