EVANSVILLE — Police made a third arrest Wednesday evening in connection with two New Year’s Day shootings in Evansville, one of which left 34-year-old Jerry D. Hale dead.
Officers booked Jahray Dashawn Garrett, 35, into the Vanderburgh County jail just after 8 p.m. Wednesday on preliminary charges of attempted murder, a Level 2 felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
A hearing in the case was scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., court records state. As of Thursday morning, Garrett was being held at the jail without bond.
His arrest comes weeks after surveillance cameras stationed at a business in the 400 block of East Riverside Drive reportedly captured Hale’s killing and a second shooting on video.
According to Evansville Police Department detectives, the footage showed a man, later identified as 32-year-old Christopher Boyd Jr., approach Hale from behind before fatally shooting him in the head.
Boyd allegedly received assistance from 21-year-old Nykeia Baker, the first suspect arrested in connection with Hale’s murder. According to the probable cause affidavit filed in her case, surveillance cameras captured Baker arriving at the scene with Boyd and showed her reportedly helping him flee.