DILLSBORO, Ind. — One person is in custody after deputies located the body of a man shot to death near a road in Dearborn County Thursday morning.
In a news release, the sheriff's office said deputies responded to US-50 near Campo Verde Road and Gilday Lane in Dillsboro at around 5:40 a.m. for reported shots fired.
Officials said a caller also told them one of the people inside a blue SUV traveling east on US-50 "did not look good." A second caller reported the same SUV had pulled onto Texas Gas Road with one person lying down in the seat.
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When a sergeant approached the blue SUV, which had crashed into an embankment on Hueseman Road, the sheriff's office said the driver fled the vehicle.
As law enforcement searched the area, a deputy located a deceased man who had been shot multiple times in a wooded area near the intersection of Texas Gas and Hueseman roads at around 7:20 a.m. Thursday.
After using a helicopter, drones and K9 teams, the sheriff's office said the driver of the vehicle was found in a creek at around 11:10 a.m. and taken into custody.
The suspect has been identified as Brent David Wellman, 33.
The sheriff's office said the body of the man found off the road has been taken to the Hamilton County Coroner's Office for an autopsy.
