Background: N. Oxford St. in Indianapolis, Ind., where Kenneth Anthony Murff Jr. was allegedly shot on Nov. 11, 2025 (Google Maps). Inset: Antwan Hayes (Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department).
An Indiana teenager who went on the run after an alleged fatal shooting late last year has turned himself in to police.
Antwan Hayes, 19, is in custody after the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said he allegedly shot and killed Kenneth Anthony Murff Jr., 23, on Nov. 11, 2025. Police said Hayes surrendered to police on Jan. 1, and he was formally arrested and charged with murder and burglary with a deadly weapon.
According to court documents obtained by local Fox affiliate WXIN, Hayes allegedly threatened to kill the next man his ex-girlfriend dated. Police said Murff was not dating Hayes' ex-girlfriend, but his brother was.
Police said Hayes made the threat to kill whoever his ex-girlfriend dated next after the former couple broke up months prior to the shooting in November. The unnamed woman told police that she tried to hide her new relationship from Hayes and took measures to make sure Hayes could not find her.
Hayes eventually did track her down, police said, in the early morning hours of Nov. 11, 2025. The woman arrived at her new boyfriend's home in Indianapolis, Indiana, at 4 a.m. Police said Hayes showed up at the same house just 10 minutes later, after he had tried to contact her multiple times.
According to court documents, Hayes was seen on surveillance video at the home carrying a pistol with an extended magazine as he approached the front door. Several neighbors told police that they heard Hayes shouting at the woman to open the door and allegedly saying, "Open the front door before I kill somebody."
When no one let Hayes in, he went to the side of the home and allegedly fired multiple shots into a side window, hitting Murff. Murff was taken to the hospital in critical condition and later died of his injuries.
Police said Hayes and his ex-girlfriend fled the property in her car. She later said she left with Hayes because she was "confused and afraid." She told police that she never expected Hayes to follow through on his alleged threats.
Hayes was charged with murder and burglary with a deadly weapon. He is being held in the Marion County Jail without bond. His next court date is scheduled for March 3.
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