The men had pulled over after seeing a woman being dragged along South Walnut Street.
MUNCIE, Ind. — Two men who stopped their truck to help a screaming woman were shot in a Mother’s Day attack that also killed her and led to murder charges against her boyfriend, police said.
The wounded men became central witnesses and victims in a case that began as a domestic violence report and grew into a 10-count felony prosecution. Authorities said Cheyenne Angelina Raines, 23, was trying to leave a Muncie home when Rylynn Joshua Davis, 21, caught her, dragged her by her feet and opened fire after bystanders intervened.
Michael J. Hennessey and Jeremy D. McKee were driving through the 2700 block of South Walnut Street shortly before 5:30 p.m. May 10 when they noticed what first looked unclear from the road. Hennessey later said he thought he might be seeing two young people playing around. The closer look changed that impression. He saw a man pulling a woman by her ankles while she screamed, and the two men stopped the Dodge pickup truck.
Police said the stop lasted only moments before the confrontation turned into a shooting. Davis told investigators the men confronted him about what he was doing. Witnesses told officers Davis had been dragging Raines toward the home before the truck stopped. Hennessey said he got out, ducked behind the truck and then felt a blow like he had been hit with a baseball bat. Investigators later said he had been shot in the abdomen.
McKee’s injury was more severe. Police said he was shot in the head and was taken by medical helicopter to an Indianapolis hospital. Hennessey was treated at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital and later released. Raines was also taken to Ball Memorial, where she was pronounced dead. Court records said she had numerous gunshot wounds to her face, chest, abdomen and back. Police said all three victims were found outside the South Walnut Street home when officers arrived.
The bystanders’ role shaped the attempted murder and aggravated battery counts against Davis. Prosecutors charged him with attempted murder in McKee’s shooting and two counts of aggravated battery tied to the injuries suffered by both men. The murder count applies to Raines. Other counts include kidnapping, criminal confinement, domestic battery, criminal recklessness, pointing a firearm and neglect of a dependent. Prosecutors also filed a firearm sentencing enhancement, a step that could add prison time after any conviction.
Investigators said the encounter on the sidewalk followed a fight inside the home. According to court records summarized in local reports, Davis told police Raines had said she was leaving after he came home from work that Sunday. He allegedly told her she could not leave. Police said he followed her outside, punched her and began pulling her back. Davis claimed Raines had a gun and that he took it away from her. Authorities have not said that they accepted his account, and the charges filed against him accuse him of being the aggressor.
Officers said Davis also claimed self-defense after the shooting. He told police he was “protecting himself,” according to the court record. The same filings said witnesses saw him as “emotionless and cold” as gunfire broke out. That contrast between Davis’ statement and witness accounts is expected to be important in court, where prosecutors must prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt and defense lawyers may challenge the sequence described by police.
The case did not end at the curb. When officers cleared the home, they said they found three children locked in a bedroom. The children, ages 3, 2 and an infant, were described as dirty and covered in feces. The room was described as being in deplorable condition, and police said no other adults were inside to care for them. That discovery produced a neglect of a dependent charge, adding a separate child welfare element to the shooting investigation.
Prosecutors also pointed to events two days before the shooting. Raines had tried to leave on May 8, according to investigators. Davis allegedly blocked her from going and threw her to the floor, causing her head to strike a speaker. Police said she tried again to leave on May 10, the day she was killed. The earlier claim matters because it supports the kidnapping, confinement and domestic battery charges that place the shooting within a longer timeline of alleged control and violence.
Delaware County Prosecutor Eric Hoffman’s office filed the formal charges on May 18. The murder charge carries a possible 65-year sentence in Indiana. Attempted murder, filed as a Level 1 felony, can carry up to 40 years. Aggravated battery, a Level 3 felony, can carry up to 16 years. Davis was held without bond in the Delaware County Jail as the case moved forward. Local reporting later listed an Oct. 13 trial date.
Investigators later added a separate set of allegations after searching Davis’ phone. Police said they found material that led to preliminary felony counts involving child sexual abuse images. Those counts were not part of the original Mother’s Day shooting charges, but they grew out of the homicide investigation. The added case deepened the legal exposure for Davis while the murder prosecution continued.
For Hennessey and McKee, the case turned a brief decision to stop into a life-threatening encounter. Police reports place them on South Walnut Street as passing witnesses before they became victims. Hennessey survived and later described seeing Raines and McKee down after the shots. McKee’s condition was reported as critical in early accounts. Authorities have released fewer later details about his recovery.
Davis remained in custody as prosecutors prepared for trial. The next phase is expected to focus on witness testimony, medical records, ballistics evidence, Davis’ statements and the accounts of the two men who stopped their truck after seeing Raines on the sidewalk.
Author note: Last updated June 19, 2026.