(La Porte, IN) - A man has been arrested for the Sunday night strangling death of his stepfather in La Porte.

 

On Sunday night, La Porte Police said officers responded to a home in the 1400 block of Jefferson Avenue near Tyler Street and found Aaron Stingley, 58, unconscious.  Stingley was taken to nearby Northwest Health where he was later pronounced dead. An autopsy Tuesday revealed he had been strangled, police said.

 

Breon Ware, 36, of Gary is charged with murder and other counts. 

 

Based on infromation from Police, there were eyewitness accounts of Ware strangling Stingley.  That information lead to Ware being taken into custody during a struggle with Police, which occurred at the hospital after Ware showed up following the arrival of Stingley.

 

A search of the home produced a shotgun Ware allegedly had possession of during the strangling.   It was illegal for him to have a gun due to a prior serious violent felony conviction from 2013, police said.