(La Porte County, IN) - The recent shooting death of a man outside Michigan City was captured on home surveillance video.  Dawson Mahoney, 22, is charged with murder in La Porte Superior Court 1.

 

According to court documents, the footage shows Mahoney and Travis Clemons on October 19th engaged in conversation outside a home in the 8600 block of West 400 North.  Police said Clemons appears to strike Mahoney once before Mahoney and a woman carrying a TV return to the residence.

 

The footage also captured Clemons going to the back door on two separate occasions and communicating with the occupants inside before returning to his vehicle in the driveway, police said.  Mahoney then steps outside and fires multiple rounds at the vehicle occupied by Clemons, who gets out of the vehicle.  Clemons is then hit with at least one of the five additional rounds fired by Mahoney, police said.

 

According to court documents, Mahoney told investigators he acted to protect his safety but the video shows no evidence of Clemons trying to force his way into the residence when he was inside.

 

Mahoney is awaiting trial in the La Porte County Jail on bond set at $1 million.