Coroner identifies Evansville man shot and killed during reported burglary

EVANSVILLE — The Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office released the sanction of a antheral who was changeable and killed Tuesday arsenic helium and 2 others allegedly attempted to burglarize an Evansville home.

In a quality merchandise published Wednesday morning, the coroner's bureau publically identified the antheral arsenic 22-year-old Mekhi Anthony Maxwell, of Evansville, who was pronounced dormant astatine the country of the shooting successful the 3000 artifact of Sweetser Avenue.

Chief Deputy Coroner Amy Miller said an autopsy would beryllium performed Thursday.

Maxwell is alleged to person entered the Sweetser Avenue location with 2 different men Tuesday afternoon, sparking a deadly confrontation with 1 of the home's residents, according to Evansville Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Anthony Aussieker.

Evansville constabulary were archetypal alerted to the incident, which Aussieker described arsenic a "burglary successful progress," by the homeowner conscionable aft 1:45 p.m. Tuesday.

"The caller stated 3 subjects broke into their location and their lad changeable 1 of them," Aussieker wrote successful a quality release. "The caller did not judge the idiosyncratic who had been changeable was alive. The 2 remaining subjects fled the scene."

Aussieker said the idiosyncratic who fired the shots has cooperated with investigators and consented to a constabulary interview. The authorities person not released their name.

"During the interview, the nonmigratory explained that they were wrong the location erstwhile they heard a large noise," Aussieker wrote successful the release. "When they looked to spot what the sound was, they saw 3 equipped subjects forcing their mode into the home. All 3 subjects were described arsenic achromatic males, wearing all-black look masks and gloves."

Aussieker said the nonmigratory utilized "their ain handgun" to occurrence toward the 3 men, "striking astatine slightest 1 arsenic the different 2 fled the home."

The shooting and consequent probe elicited a ample instrumentality enforcement beingness on Sweetser Avenue and Vann Avenue Tuesday day and forced respective adjacent schools to spell into a "secure mode," according to Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corp. spokesperson Jason Woebkenberg.

The incidental is inactive nether investigation, and the 2 suspects who were reported to person fled the country had not been apprehended arsenic of Wednesday morning, though Aussieker said determination "does not look to beryllium a menace to the wide public."

Houston Harwood tin beryllium contacted astatine [email protected].

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