Turner was transported to the Linton Police Department to continue the interview with O’Malley and it wasn’t long before Minks was also transported to the police department to continue her interview with Clark.

While the two detectives were at the property on 50 North, they both determined the shooting of Bennett occurred at Bennett’s residence on A Street SW and that it involved Turner’s truck, a red 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 that was parked behind the garage at the house on 50 North. They also learned the responding deputies had earlier recovered a gun – a Sarsilmaz .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol that had been disassembled, as well as a fixed blade knife and a cell phone.

As numerous officers worked on these scenes, crime scene technicians from the Indiana State Police were called in and responded to both locations to collect and preserve evidence.

At the police department, the two detectives continued their interviews, listening to different stories, trying to get down to what really happened. It was a process that took several hours. At some points, the two detectives took opportunities to speak to each other and compare stories, then returned to their interviews to confront Turner and Minks with the variations.

Around 2 p.m., without releasing any names, LPD Chief Troy Jerrell said the condition of the adult victim was serious and he confirmed the suspect was in custody at the police department but had not yet been booked in to jail.

Around 3:30 p.m. LPD Chief Jerrell did identify the victim and the suspect and released a statement saying Turner was on his way to jail.

The jail record shows Turner was booked in at 3:44 p.m. on Wednesday.

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Probable cause documents for both criminal charges prepared by Det. Clark and search warrants prepared by Sgt. Hobbs, indicate that Turner was advised of his rights early on and waived his rights, agreeing to talk to the detective and signing paperwork giving officers consent to search his truck.

As a result of the interviews, officers believed Turner shot Bennett while Bennett was standing in the street outside 1018 A Street SW while Turner was seated in the driver’s seat, Minks in the passenger seat, and Bennett standing outside on the passenger side of the vehicle. After he shot Bennett, Turner then drove the truck to the 50 North location and parked it.

Officers believed the truck was used in the commission of the crime and the ISP CSIs started processing the truck while it was parked on the property on 50 North. Turner allegedly said he had put his own cell phone on the toolbox in the bed of his truck after he parked the truck. Sgt. Hobbs reported Turner did not have his cell phone with him when he was detained and the cell phone was not found on top of the toolbox. The toolbox in the bed of the truck was locked. Hobbs wrote that evidence related to the shooting might be located in the toolbox.

Det. Clark asked Turner if he had a key and Turner confirmed the key to the lockbox was on the same key ring as the truck’s ignition key, but immediately after confirming that, at 1:29 p.m., Turner withdrew his consent to search his truck. The ISP CSIs were notified and they halted the search of the truck. To preserve the evidence, the truck was towed then parked inside the secured bay of the police department.

At the same time, and while the interviews were continuing, Sgt. Hobbs was preparing a request for a search warrant. Hobbs asserted that at 1 p.m., Turner was at the police department and Hobbs was investigating the truck Turner was driving that was used in the shooting. Hobbs wrote Turner had said he was the driver and he had admitted to using methamphetamine around 4 a.m. that morning. But Turner had also refused to consent to a certified chemical test so Hobbs requested the warrant to obtain a blood sample as evidence that Turner was operating a vehicle with a Schedule I or II controlled substance in his body.

The request was filed in Greene Superior Court and at 1:55 p.m., Judge Dena Martin approved and issued the search warrant. A medic from the Greene County Ambulance Service executed the warrant and drew a blood sample from Turner which was sent to the Indiana Department of Toxicology for analysis – results are pending.

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The investigation continued on Wednesday after Turner was booked in to jail, and it continued the next day.

On Thursday, Hobbs filed a request for a second search warrant in Greene Circuit Court and at 1:47 p.m. Thursday, Judge Erik Allen approved and issued a search warrant for the truck and the toolbox to search for firearms, ammunition, bullet casings, blood, cell phones, SIM cards, digital storage devices, methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and written documents – evidence of the offenses being investigated.

After that was issued, ISP CSIs likely executed it right away. No specific information about what was found in the toolbox has been released, but by late afternoon Thursday, LPD Chief Jerrell said probable cause documents were close to completion.