Police say two men stopped after seeing Cheyenne Raines being dragged along a sidewalk.

MUNCIE, Ind. — A 21-year-old Muncie man was charged with murder and other felonies after police said he fatally shot his girlfriend and wounded two men who stopped to help her on Mother’s Day.

Rylynn Joshua Davis is accused in the May 10 killing of 23-year-old Cheyenne Angelina Raines outside a home in the 2700 block of South Walnut Street. The case moved quickly from a shooting call to a broad felony prosecution involving claims of domestic violence, gunfire against bystanders and neglect of children found inside the home.

Muncie police were called to the south side address shortly before 5:30 p.m. after reports that several people had been shot. Officers found three gunshot victims outside the residence. Raines was taken to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, where she died from multiple gunshot wounds. Two men, later identified in local reports as Jeremy D. McKee, 39, and Michael J. Hennessey, 40, were also taken for treatment after being shot during the confrontation.

Court records described the shooting as the end of an argument that began inside the home Davis and Raines shared. Investigators said Raines had tried to leave. Davis allegedly told police that he said she could not go, followed her outside and caught up with her on the sidewalk. Witnesses told investigators they saw him dragging Raines by her feet as she screamed. Davis later told police he took a handgun from Raines after striking her, then pulled her back toward the house, according to records described in local reports.

The two men were passing in a Dodge pickup truck when they saw the scene and stopped. Hennessey said he first thought the people outside might be joking or roughhousing, then realized a woman was being dragged. “Then, I looked closer and realized it was a guy dragging a girl down the road by her ankles,” Hennessey said in an interview with a local television station. Police said the men confronted Davis about what he was doing before shots were fired.

Investigators said Davis opened fire on the men after they stopped. McKee was shot in the head and flown to an Indianapolis hospital. Hennessey was shot in the abdomen and survived after hospital care. Police said Raines was then shot multiple times in the face, chest, abdomen and back. Witnesses described Davis as calm during the gunfire, and officers later found him nearby. Davis told officers at the scene that he had been “protecting himself,” according to court records.

Prosecutors filed 10 counts against Davis, including murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, criminal confinement, aggravated battery, criminal recklessness, domestic battery and neglect of a dependent. The attempted murder count stems from McKee’s wounding, while aggravated battery counts relate to injuries suffered by both men. Prosecutors also sought a firearm sentencing enhancement that could add prison time if Davis is convicted of crimes tied to the shootings.

The charges also reached inside the home, where officers said they found three young children locked in a room. The children were described in court records as being covered in dirt and feces, and the room was described as deplorable. The children were ages 3, 2 and an infant. No other adult caretaker was found inside, police said. That discovery led to the neglect count, separate from the murder and shooting charges tied to Raines, McKee and Hennessey.

The affidavit also described an earlier attempt by Raines to leave Davis. Investigators said she tried to leave on May 8, two days before the shooting, but Davis refused to let her go and threw her to the floor. She hit her head on a speaker, according to the account. On May 10, she again tried to leave after Davis returned from work, police said. The sequence became a key part of the charging documents because prosecutors framed the shooting as part of a confinement and domestic battery case, not as an isolated fight.

After his arrest, Davis was held without bond in the Delaware County Jail. Court records cited by local reports showed no prior criminal charges against him in Delaware County. The murder count alone carries a possible prison term of up to 65 years under Indiana law. Attempted murder is a Level 1 felony, and aggravated battery is a Level 3 felony. Davis had not entered a final plea in early reports, and the case remained in pretrial proceedings.

Later in the investigation, police searched Davis’ phone and accused him in a separate set of felony counts involving child sexual abuse material. Those allegations were tied to the homicide investigation but were separate from the shooting case. Local reports said his trial in the homicide case was scheduled for Oct. 13. The added allegations increased the number of criminal matters facing Davis while prosecutors continued pursuing the original murder, attempted murder and battery case.

Raines’ death left three children without their mother and focused attention on a brief sidewalk encounter that turned deadly after two men stopped to intervene. Hennessey said in an interview that he and McKee had pulled over because the scene no longer looked like a private argument. Police said their decision to stop placed them in the path of gunfire within moments.

The central questions for trial include what happened inside the home, whether Raines was trying to leave, why the gun was fired and how jurors weigh Davis’ claim that he acted to protect himself. Davis remained jailed as the case moved toward the next scheduled court date.

Author note: Last updated June 19, 2026.