Indiana man executed girlfriend, shot two good Samaritans who tried to help her as she was dragged down sidewalk: DA

An Indiana man is accused of executing his girlfriend on Mother’s Day after shooting two good Samaritans who tried to help her as he dragged her down the sidewalk.

The Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office charged Rylynn Joshua Davis on Monday with murder, attempted murder, kidnapping with serious bodily injury, two counts of aggravated battery, criminal confinement while armed, criminal recklessness, domestic battery and neglect of a dependent in connection to the killing of his 23-year-old girlfriend, Cheyenne Raines, Fox 59 reported.

Davis, 21, chased down Raines, as she fled his Muncie home — about 60 miles outside Indianapolis — after he allegedly beat her at around 5:30 p.m. on May 10, Police said.

Davis quickly caught up to his girlfriend, beat her again and yanked her by the feet, dragging her back toward his home.

Two men driving down the block in a Dodge pickup truck spotted Davis dragging a screaming Raines down the sidewalk.

Michael Hennessey, 40, told Fox 59 he initially thought it was just “two kids messing around” — until he realized “it was a guy dragging a girl down the road by her ankles,” prompting him and his coworker Jeremy McKee, 39, to pull over to help.

Davis allegedly opened fire on the vehicle, striking the pair during his shooting spree.

“I jumped out my door, ducked behind the truck, and I seen Jeremy and her both laying on the ground,” Hennessey said. “Almost as soon as I switched directions, it felt like I got hit with a baseball bat.”

In the middle of the shooting, Davis turned the gun on Raines before fleeing back inside his home.

First responders arrived to find three gunshot victims scattered outside the home and rushed all three to the hospital.

Raines was pronounced dead at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital after she suffered “numerous gunshot wounds to her face, chest, abdomen, and back,” according to court records obtained by the outlet.

McKee was shot in the head and remains hospitalized. Hennessey, shot in the abdomen, was released after seven days.

Davis eventually surrendered to officers after they surrounded his home and was taken into custody.

Inside the home, police found three children — ages 3, 2 and 3 months — locked in a room “covered in dirt and feces” and described as being “in deplorable condition,” Fox 59 reported.

Davis told investigators he exchanged words with the two men in the truck, shot one once and fired several shots at the other.

He denied shooting Raines intentionally and claimed the handgun belonged to Raines, saying he was “protecting himself” when he opened fire.

Raines tried to leave Davis on May 8, but he refused to let her go and threw her to the floor, where she struck her head on a speaker, investigators said, according to Fox 59.

Two days later — on Mother’s Day — Raines tried to leave again. Davis told her she couldn’t, punched her and she fled the home moments before the shooting that would kill her.

Davis is being held without bond in the Delaware County Jail, with no initial hearing date yet set.

If convicted, Davis faces up to 65 years on the murder charge alone.