LAWRENCE, Indiana — The man accused of shooting and killed 25-year-old Jasmine Bennett inside a Lawrence Dollar Tree in 2023 was in court Monday morning to change his plea in the case.
Jalen Thomas entered the Marion County court room April 28 in shackles and a red jumpsuit.
The judge read off Thomas’ change of plea to “guilty but mentally ill” in the murder of Bennett, who was shot and killed while working inside the Dollar Tree located at 10555 Pendleton Pike, near East 56th Street and Sunnyside Road, on May 8, 2023…