'Jealous' boyfriend allegedly killed girlfriend's new man
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Background: News footage from the scene in Lawrence, Indiana, after Darius Timberlake was found shot dead in April (WXIN). Inset: Jeremy Jett (Marion County Sheriff”s Office).

An Indiana man was arrested months after another man’s shooting death, and the woman believed to be in the middle of it all said the alleged killing was driven by jealousy.

Jeremy Jett, 19, was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday after he was charged with murdering 26-year-old Darius Timberlake in April. According to court documents obtained by local Fox affiliate WXIN, Jett allegedly opened fire on Timberlake after finding him in bed with Jett’s girlfriend. In the court record, police said that Jett’s girlfriend told them that he was “jealous.”

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According to local ABC affiliate WRTV, police responded to reports of a shooting at a home in Lawrence, Indiana, at around 3:30 a.m. on April 23. When officers arrived, they found Timberlake dead at the scene due to gunshot wounds. Reports at the time stated that a person of interest was detained at the scene for questioning but did not say who it was or whether that person was a suspect.

Just over two months later, Jett was arrested and charged with Timberlake’s murder.

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