INDIANAPOLIS — Shavon Mathis, the mother of Dorian Murrell, who was killed during a night of Downtown Indianapolis rioting back in May, wants answers after her son's suspected murderer bonded out of jail Monday.
"He's on bond til court, and this can go on up to two years. But he's still at home — I can't go get my son; I can't never see my son," Mathis said.
Mathis says she expected to give a victim statement in court on Monday but didn't get that option.
"I had been calling the prosecutor for two, three, four weeks," Mathis said.
Mathis said she kept calling the Marion County Prosecutor's Office because she wanted to be sure she knew what was going on with the case. Tyler Newby, the man accused of killing her son, was up for bond.
"From my knowledge, most murder cases ... they can go to the court for bond hearings, but normally don't get approved for them," Mathis said.
Newby, the suspected murderer, paid a $250,000 bond.
"He said he felt like my son was going to punch him in the face, but my son never touched him one time ... and he shot my son, my son died," Mathis said. "I don't see how they feel like it's fair for him to get a bond."
Murrell was killed on May 31 during protests in Downtown Indy, and while Mathis wants justice for his murder, she also wants people to remember more about him than how he died.
"He was just an awesome young man. He was into sports, he was happy, he had a beautiful smile, and he knew how to make everybody in the room laugh," Mathis said. "He has a child on the way. His child will never meet him."
Mathis hopes the decision Monday is not an indicator of how the eventual trial is going to turn out.
"I want justice to be served, and I want it to be done the right way. I don't want violence. I don't want to seek revenge ... I just want justice."
WRTV6 has reached out to the Marion County Prosecutor's Office to get some more information on this particular case. The newsroom has yet to hear back but will continue to follow up.
