Man connected with drive-by shooting turns himself in for attempted murder

Timothy Helton was wanted on a warrant charging him for attempted murder in connection with a recent drive-by shooting.

He turned himself into the Bloomington Police Department 11 p.m. Tuesday.
The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. May 22, when several gunshots were witnessed coming out of a blue Ford Ranger in a parking lot on the 1300 block of West 12th Street.

Bedford, Ind., resident Joshua Phillips, the driver of the car, said the shots were fired by Helton, the passenger, and aimed for a Hispanic man known as “Chevy,” who escaped.

Phillips, 27, faces a charge of conspiracy to commit murder.