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MUNCIE, INDIANA, USA — Father and son charged in mistaken-identity killing of high school football star
Christopher Wilson Jr., a 17-year-old Yorktown High School senior and football standout who had committed to play at West Virginia University, was found shot multiple times inside a vehicle in the 1400 block of East Cromer Avenue in Muncie in the early hours of Monday, October 5. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Wilson had been sitting in the vehicle with a female friend outside her home after dinner; she was not hit. Investigators believe Wilson was killed in a case of mistaken identity — he resembled a 27-year-old man who had been feuding with people associated with Dairus Thompson II, and who was known to frequent the area. According to the probable cause affidavit reported by the Star Press and USA TODAY, a white GMC Acadia matching Thompson's vehicle was seen near the scene on surveillance footage, cellphones seized from Thompson and a juvenile relative were located near the scene around the time of the shooting, and a witness told police Thompson acknowledged afterward that the teenager had been mistaken for the other man. The allegations have not been adjudicated in court. On October 29, Delaware County prosecutors filed formal charges against Thompson II — murder as an aider or inducer, conspiracy to commit murder, and obstruction of justice — with an initial hearing set for November 2. The same day, Muncie detectives arrested his 17-year-old son, Dairus E. Thompson III, in Detroit; police say the son was the shooter, and he is charged with murder and awaiting extradition to Indiana. Thompson II was already in jail on a Madison County firearm charge connected to a separate fatal shooting in Anderson on September 6. We are following this case and will update it again as soon as new information comes.
- Date
- October 5, 2026
- Location
- 1400 block of East Cromer Avenue, Muncie, Indiana
- Victims
- Christopher "Chris" Wilson Jr., 17 — a senior at Yorktown High School and a standout football player who had committed to West Virginia University; found shot multiple times inside a vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene
- Suspect
- Dairus Thompson II, 40, of Farmland — charged October 29 with murder (aiding/inducing), conspiracy to commit murder, and obstruction of justice; his son Dairus E. Thompson III, 17, was arrested October 29 in Detroit as the alleged shooter, charged with mu
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Update #4 — Third Person Preliminarily Charged After Allegedly Selling Gun to Thompson II
Austin Garrett, 29, of Yorktown, has been preliminarily charged with Level 5 felony assisting a criminal and Level 6 felony obstruction of justice in connection with the October 5 shooting, according to court documents filed November 2. Police say Garrett admitted selling Dairus Thompson II a firearm at a gas station in Selma and meeting both Thompsons, and told police Dairus Thompson III gave him a .45-caliber firearm to dispose of. Garrett was arrested at his home on October 25 on separate drug charges. -
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Update #3 — Thompson II Held Without Bond After Initial Court Appearance
Dairus Thompson II, 40, of Farmland, is being held without bond following his initial court appearance on Monday, November 2, WISH-TV reported. Thompson is charged with murder as an aider and inducer, conspiracy to commit murder and obstruction of justice in the October 5 shooting death of Yorktown High School football player Christopher Wilson Jr., 17. Prosecutors say Thompson did not fire the fatal shots but drove vehicles used before and after the shooting; a juvenile is suspected of being the shooter. We are following this case and will update it again as soon as new information comes. -
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Update #1 — Father and son charged in mistaken-identity killing of high school football star — Muncie, Indiana — October 5
Christopher Wilson Jr., a 17-year-old Yorktown High School senior and football standout who had committed to play at West Virginia University, was found shot multiple times inside a vehicle in the 1400 block of East Cromer Avenue in Muncie in the early hours of Monday, October 5. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Wilson had been sitting in the vehicle with a female friend outside her home after dinner; she was not hit. Investigators believe Wilson was killed in a case of mistaken identity — he resembled a 27-year-old man who had been feuding with people associated with Dairus Thompson II, and who was known to frequent the area. According to the probable cause affidavit reported by the Star Press and USA TODAY, a white GMC Acadia matching Thompson's vehicle was seen near the scene on surveillance footage, cellphones seized from Thompson and a juvenile relative were located near the scene around the time of the shooting, and a witness told police Thompson acknowledged afterward that the teenager had been mistaken for the other man. The allegations have not been adjudicated in court. On October 29, Delaware County prosecutors filed formal charges against Thompson II — murder as an aider or inducer, conspiracy to commit murder, and obstruction of justice — with an initial hearing set for November 2. The same day, Muncie detectives arrested his 17-year-old son, Dairus E. Thompson III, in Detroit; police say the son was the shooter, and he is charged with murder and awaiting extradition to Indiana. Thompson II was already in jail on a Madison County firearm charge connected to a separate fatal shooting in Anderson on September 6.
We are following this case and will update it again as soon as new information comes.
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