A 15-year-old boy was shot in the abdomen and was taken to Mercy Health – St. Rita’s just before 6 pm, where he died from his injuries shortly after arriving.

Marcus Tyson, 45, is being held on a $1 million bond for the murder of Anthony Townsend on April 18. He had a probable cause hearing Wednesday in Lima Municipal Court.

Officials from the sheriff’s office said that at 4:14 a.m., deputies were called to the 1500 block of Edgewood Drive for a male who was down in a yard. They found the man dead with multiple stab wounds.