Coroner IDs 4 people slain in Indiana house

INDIANAPOLIS — Officials have identified the four Indianapolis residents killed in Tuesday morning's quadruple homicide on the Near Northside.

The Marion County Coroner has identified the victims as 18-year-old Davon Whitlock, 32-year-old Tiara Turner, 41-year-old Terri Betties and 48-year-old Sherry Taylor.

The victims had been shot multiple times, police said. The home was ransacked.

Hours later investigators were still working to identify possible suspects and determine a motive.

As the time passed, anxieties grew.

"It's very troubling. I said to some people earlier that I am beyond just being upset about this," said the Rev. Charles Harrison, leader of the Ten Point Coalition. "We just cannot tolerate this kind of violence and madness in our city.

"I think people in these neighborhoods have to start being outraged."

The owner of the home in the 3100 block of North Harding Street, near West 30th Street and the Central Canal, called police around 9:45 a.m. after she discovered the four victims, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer Chris Wilburn said.

Televisions were toppled over in the "ransacked" home, Wilburn said. He said there were signs the suspect or suspects forced their way in.

Investigators said each victim was shot multiple times, but they would not say where the four were hit.

"There were a significant amount of shots," Wilburn said.

Police did not immediately say how the victims are connected to the homeowner who found them.

Charles Richardson said his sister, Carmon Lisenby, was the person who discovered the victims. He said he was called to his sister's house Tuesday morning, unsure of what he would find.

Police allowed him to cross the crime scene tape to be with his sister, who he said was distraught.

"I comforted her," Richardson said.

But she couldn't elaborate on what she saw, he said.

Richardson said his sister went with detectives to police headquarters to give a statement shortly after police came to the home.