Male shot Sunday morning on Tamarack Road near Walkerton in Marshall County

Monday, November 4, 2024 at 1:05 PM

By Kathy Bottorff

Marshall County Police are investigating the report of a 20-year-old male being shot 1 a.m. Sunday in the 3,000 block of Tamarack Road.

Officers from the Mashall County Sheriff's Department and Walkerton Police Department responded. The male subject was treated at the scene and later transported to Memorial Hospital located in South Bend for life-threatening injuries.

During the investigation, county police arrested Cole Enyeart, 22, from Mishawaka. He was charged with criminal recklessness-shooting a firearm into an inhabited structure as a Level 5 felony. He was held on a $1,500 cash bond until 9 a.m. Sunday and released once the bond was posted.

Xochltl Soto, 20, also of Mishawaka, was arrested for illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor as a class C misdemeanor. She was released on a $100 cash bond just before 9 a.m. Sunday.

Alexader W. Renfroe, 20, of Elkhart was arrested for illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor, as a Class C misdemeanor, and for possession of marijuana, as a Class C misdemeanor. Renfroe was released Sunday morning at nine after his $250 cash bond was posted.

Lt. Detective Les McFarland with the Marshall County Sheriff's Department continues investigating this case. Anyone with direct knowledge or a video of the incident should contact him at the Marshall County Sheriff's Department.

Readers are reminded that charging information supported by an affidavit of probable cause is merely an allegation that a crime has been committed and that there is only probable cause to believe a crime has been committed. They are presumed innocent throughout the proceedings and are entitled to be represented by counsel and entitled to a trial by jury at which the State is obligated to provide proof beyond a reasonable doubt before a judgment of guilt may be made.