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Muncie police searching for two teens in homicide case

MUNCIE, Ind. (WISH) – Police have released the names of two 17-year-old boys wanted for questioning in the murder of 24-year-old Rafael Rodriguez.

Mason O’Neal
Mason O’Neal (WISH Photo)

Mason O’Neal and Marcus Wilson II are both on the loose and considered armed and dangerous, according to Muncie Police Chief Steve Stewart.

Police have already arrested two others in connection with the crime: 21-year-old Logan May and 20-year-old Cody Buck. Both are facing preliminary charges of murder and conspiracy to commit robbery resulting in death.

May told police her goal was to rob Rodriguez and murder was never a part of the plan, according to a court document.

The document said May confessed she went to a home on the 5200 block of West Canterbury Drive on Sunday morning with Buck and two juveniles. According to the document, she told police she persuaded someone inside to answer the door then the two juveniles pushed her out of the way. She said that’s when she heard gunshots.

The document goes on to say that after the shooting, May said she drove off with the three others. It also said May told police she supplied one of the suspects with a black revolver.

Buck told police he stayed in the car during the shooting and the plan was to steal Rodriguez’s drugs, according to the document.

Police said Wilson is 5’10”, 165 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. His ears are pierced and his arms have tattoos.

O’Neal is 6’4″, 170 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

Muncie Police can be reached at 765-747-4867. You can also leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 765-286-4050.

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