INDIANAPOLIS — A 29-year-old man faces a Murder charge after a woman was found dead outside a home on the city's southeast side Monday afternoon.
According to IMPD, officers were called to the 1900 block of Earhart Street on a report of a dead person. They found 30-year-old Chanti Dixon in the 1800 block of Wagner Street.
Dixon was reported missing earlier in the day, according to IMPD.
On Tuesday, IMPD announced the arrest of a 29-year-old man. The man, according to IMPD, was an Uber driver who picked up Dixon prior to her death.
Dixon was found to have suffered a fatal gunshot wound.
According to preliminary court documents, the Uber driver told police differing stories before eventually admitting to shooting Dixon in the back of his car.
The Uber driver also admitted to sexually assaulting her, according to court documents.
"This is disgusting," Chief Chris Bailey said. "It's disturbing. No one deserves to be treated this way in our community."
Assistant Chief of Police Catherine Cummings also shared comments with the public on Tuesday at a press conference.
"As a woman, this hits differently for me," Cummings said. "Women, girls, mothers.. we have a right to exist freely in our community without fear of something heinous happening to them. We have a right to walk, bike, order a ride share without fearing something bad will happen to them."
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