U.S. Marshals have arrested the second suspect in a 2023 Indianola homicide.
Ke’Marion Ward, 19, was taken into custody in the Memphis area this week, IPD Chief Ronald Sampson confirmed to The Enterprise-Tocsin on Wednesday.
Ward faces a capital murder charge in the December 10, 2023 shooting of Germaniee Stephens.
Jakevious Winston, another suspect in that case, was arrested in February 2024.
Sampson said that Winston is still charged with capital murder and is still being held as far as he knew.
The U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force made the arrest, according to a release from the U.S. Marshals.
“It came to light that Ward was in the Memphis, Tennessee area,” the release said. “The Gulf Coast Task Force immediately began working with the U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force. The Two Rivers Task Force went to a residence in the 3100 block of Duke Ellington Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. Ward was found there and taken into custody without incident. At the time of this release, he is at the Shelby County Detention Center awaiting extradition.”
IPD’s Sampson said that he did not expect Ward to fight extradition. Ward may also be facing other charges in the Memphis area.
Stephens died that Sunday afternoon after being shot multiple times in the 100 block of Torino Drive, according to The E-T’s reporting at the time. Another juvenile was shot in that incident and was reported at the time to have survived.
