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Jurors convict young Indianapolis man of murder

Shooting was outside liquor store last year
Posted at 3:38 PM, Jun 26, 2019
and last updated 2019-06-26 15:44:54-04

INDIANAPOLIS—A Marion County jury has convicted a young Indianapolis man in the murder of a teenager.

19-year-old Anthony Steele will be sentenced next month for the shooting death that happened May 28 of last year.

18-year-old Elijah Lacey was gunned down outside the Crown Liquor store at East 21st Street and North Post Road on the city's east side.

Police said he had been shot a number of times and was found dead in a pickup truck.

Steele was arrested a few days later and charged with murder.