LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Lafayette police have arrested two people in connection with an overnight murder investigation.
Shortly after 11 p.m. on Aug. 4, Lafayette Police Department officers responded to a call in the 2000 block of Roosevelt Street. They located a victim with gunshot wounds and attempted life-saving measures. After being transported to a local hospital, the victim was pronounced dead.
According to Lafayette police, the victim agreed to meet two people for a narcotics deal. The suspects in the shooting, 21-year-old David Trevino and 23-year-old Adrian Suarez, both from Texas, allegedly attempted to rob the victim before shooting him.
Police said the two suspects were residents of Texas and were in Lafayette temporarily on a job assignment.
Suarez, originally from Harford, Texas, was located and arrested by Indiana State Police roughly ten minutes after the shooting took place. Later, shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday morning, Trevino was arrested at a residence on N. 4th Street.
The victim was not immediately identified by the Tippecanoe County coroner.