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A violent confrontation inside a gray sedan on the night of July 27, 2016, left three people shot near East 44th Street and Ralston Avenue in Indianapolis. Officers found Wesley Small, Dajuan Mitchell and a woman, later identified as Ashley Lewis, all with gunshot wounds. Wesley Small, 24, was pronounced dead at the scene; Dajuan Mitchell, 29, was taken to Eskenazi Health and died the following day.

Detectives say the shooting grew out of a dispute tied to other crimes. Mitchell and Lewis had sought Small because they believed he was informing on Mitchell, who was a suspect in the fatal shooting of Jason Byrd two days earlier. The probable cause affidavit alleges Mitchell forced Small into the car at gunpoint, gave the gun to Lewis, and that a gunfight erupted when Small drew his weapon. According to the affidavit, Small fatally shot Mitchell, and Lewis then fired back, killing Small.

Ashley Lewis was arrested on August 5, 2016; charges initially included voluntary manslaughter and criminal confinement and were later upgraded to murder. Does anyone have information about the events that led up to this deadly confrontation?