Arrest made in fatal shooting at rural house party promoted on Snapchat – Indianapolis News

MILLGROVE, Ind. (WISH) — A 23-year-old felon in Wayne County has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old during a party of about 100 people in Blackford County in June, the Blackford County sheriff told News 8 on Wednesday. Michael Norris, 21, died at the party in the early morning hours of June 29 at a rural home near the unincorporated town of Millgrove in southeastern Blackford County, Sheriff Jim Heflin told News 8. Heflin said the party where the fatal shooting happened grew to about 100 people after it was promoted on Snapchat. The sheriff said two people came to the party from Ohio, and they were temporarily held after the shooting to provide investigators with information about what had happened. Norris, a 2022 Blackford High School graduate, was a certified welder and heavy equipment operator for Special-T steel fabricator in Hartford City, his obituary said. The sheriff said the shooting happened about 2:45 a.m. June 29 at a house at 2225 S. County Road 500 East. Online maps show the house is surrounded by farm fields and sits about a mile north of the unincorporated community of Millgrove. It’s about a 1-hour, 45-minute drive northeast
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