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Valparaiso Murder Suspect in Custody

(Valparaiso, IN) - Police have arrested the man believed to be responsible for a deadly shooting earlier this week.

 

On Monday evening authorities responded to an apartment on Valpo’s east side, where they found 24-year-old Trayveon Triplett of Valparaiso dead from multiple gunshot wounds.

 

The suspect, 24-year-old Kuran Kinley of Highland, had fled the scene but was later located by police.

 

Kinley had an initial hearing Thursday and is being held without bond in Porter County Jail, with a jury trial scheduled for October. He is charged with murder, criminal recklessness, and unlawful possession of a handgun, since he has a previous felony conviction.

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