Murder charges filed in 1995 South Bend case

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Prosecutors filed charges of murder and attempted murder against 32-year-old Jarrode E. Phillips of South Bend in connection with a 1995 drive-by shooting

Prosecutors filed charges of murder and attempted murder against 32-year-old Jarrode E. Phillips of South Bend in connection with a 1995 drive-by shooting. (Photo provided)

By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Feb 20, 2008 at 1:40 PM EST

Story Updated: Feb 20, 2008 at 1:41 PM EST

SOUTH BEND — Prosecutors said Wednesday that they have filed charges of murder and attempted murder against a 32-year-old South Bend man in a 1995 drive-by shooting.

The accused man is Jarrode E. Phillips, who is in the custody of Manchester Federal Correctional Institution in Manchester, Ky., in an unrelated case, according to the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office.

Phillips faces one count of murder in the shooting death of Weldon Jeffries, 27, of South Bend, and one count of attempted murder in the shooting Spencer Johnson, now 36, who has since recovered from his injuries.

This is the second time in less than a month that prosecutors have filed charges in a cold case after Johnson, who had been unwilling to cooperate with authorities in the past, came forward in January.

The other case also was a 1995 drive-by shooting.

Johnson was a victim in both cases and had refused to testify until January.

Read more about this story in Thursday's South Bend Tribune.

Thursday, Feb 21 at 7:02 AM Just Me wrote ...

I was talking about Jarrode Phillips not Johnson.i Knew Weldon and Johnson

Wednesday, Feb 20 at 3:52 PM Just Me... wrote ...

In God We Trust....WHAT are you talking about??? Did you read the same story that we did?.It tells how Johnson did not come forward until January.Johnson was the VICTIM!.Not the one doing the shooting(s)...Hmmmm...

Wednesday, Feb 20 at 2:00 PM In God We Trust wrote ...

No he just realize what he did was a mistake.Thou should not kill and to do a drive by was so unhuman like this is not the movies.So why go around acting like a SAVAGE for nothing

Wednesday, Feb 20 at 1:47 PM Law wrote ...

Look at this guy's picture! He looks like a cannibal!!

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