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Police arrest 2 in March 2016 homicide

Posted at 11:01 AM, Jun 09, 2016
and last updated 2016-06-09 11:01:35-04

INDIANAPOLIS -- Detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department arrested and preliminarily charged two men with a homicide from March 2016. 

Police say Deiontae Evans and Devaughn Farmer, both 19, were arrested on Tuesday.

Both have been preliminarily charged with murder, attempted murder and robbery.

Police believe they shot and killed Dazjuan Lyle, 19, on March 5 in the 600 block of North Exeter Avenue.

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When Farmer was arrested, police found two guns, marijuana and a large amount of cash.

Police think robbery was a motive in the killing.