STATE OF INDIANA, ) IN THE ST. JOSEPH SUPERIOR COURT. ) ss: COUNTY OF ST. JOSEPH. ) CAUSE NUMBER ___=__-MR-=__ STATE OF INDIANA 3 ) y, ) INFORMATION FOR MURDER, ) — afelony CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. ) COUNT 1 Mi KIMBERLY L. SCHULTZ, upon information and belief, affirms under. penalty of perjury that: On November 17, 2016, in Saint Joseph County, State of Indiana, Christopher Fulce, St. did knowingly kill another human being, that being Carlin Fulce. All of which is contrary to the form of the statutes in such cases made and provided by Indiana Code 35-42-1-1(a), and against the peace and dignity of the State of Indiana, ‘The Court having reviewed the Affidavit in Support of Charging Information makes a preliminary finding that the State has proven, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the guilt of the Defendant is evident and/or the presumption of guilt is strong. Warrant ordered issued. Defendant is ordered to be held without bond. Further hearing on bond to be set at either party’s request. So found the Mee November, 2016 at [°ASisarah yASTATE OF INDIANA IN THE ST. JOSEPH SUPERIOR COURT ST. JOSEPH COUNTY CAUSE NO. 71D0__-1611-__- STATE OF INDIANA FINDING OF PROBABLE CAUSE AND ORDERS OF COURT ) ) d ) ) ) ‘The undersigned Judge of the St. Joseph Superior Court FINDS that the State of Indiana has filed a Petition for Finding of Probable Cause in the above-captioned action, and the Petition and the verified police reports and/or Supplemental Affidavit for Probable Cause attached thereto establish probable cause to believe that on or about the Titer of November, 2016, the above- ividual committed the offense(s) stated in the Petition and that the Office of the named in Prosecuting Attorney needs additional time to evaluate the case and determine what criminal ‘charge(s), if any, should be filed. The State is given to the a © aay ofh\u),2016 to file charges, Accordingly, the above-named individual is ORDERED held by the Sheriff of St. Joseph County, Indiana, or ofher law enforcement agency, until such time as said individual posts a Bond | foBmncl Hots “fe inthe amount of $—- O'"—"~_ corporate surety or S$ —7"_ cash in liew thereof. The Clerk of the Court and/or the Prosecuting Attomey shall forward a copy of this Order to the Sheriff of St. Joseph County, Indiana, or other law enforcement agency, who shall be charged with execution of this Order of Commitment ‘The next hearing in the matter will be on be AS day of{ gy, 2016 at 1:15 P.M, in the St Joseph Superior Court, 1855 Courthouse 122 South Lafayette Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana. ‘The above-named individual is ORDERED to appear at that next hearing.OF PROBABLE CAUSE STATE OF INDIANA ) INTHE ST. JOSEPH SUPERIOR COURT ) ss: ST. JOSEPH COUNTY ) CAUSE NO. STATE OF INDIANA ) > vs. ) AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT ) ) ) CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. ‘Timothy Wiley, affirming under the penalties for perjury, states that: am an Investigator currently employed by the South Bend Police Department and assigned to the County Metro Homicide Unit (CMHU). I have been a police officer for 12 years. ‘make this affidavit after conducting interviews with witnesses, reviewing physical evidence, speaking to medical personnel, and after conferring with other investigators of CMHU and officers of the Saint Joseph County Police Department. On the 17 day of November, 2016, officers of the Saint Joseph County Police Department were dispatched to 2489 Fillmore Road in South Bend in reference to a shooting. ‘The residence on Fillmore Road is occupied by CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. Upon arrival, officers found a brown Oldsmobile crashed into a tree just off the driveway. Officers learned that the Oldsmobile had been previously occupied by Charlin Fulce, the son of CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. Charlin Fulce was removed from the scene with an apparent gunshot injury near the head. CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. and a number of other witnesses were at the scene and ‘transported to County Metro Homicide for interviews. The initial report to officers at the scene was that CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. shot his son Charlin Fulce after having a disagreement ‘about another family member. CMHU was activated to assist in this investigation as a result of ‘the severity of the injuries sustained by Charlin Fulce.‘During the course of the investigation, | interviewed @hristaphe abet ‘He reported that he was at that evening along with QQ Charlin Fulce, qa ees While 2 the residence on Fillmore, CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. and Charlin Fulce had a verbal disagreement over the adoption of ‘another family member. CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. had apparently been raising a child for ‘many years and planned to adopt the child. Charlin Fulce disagreed with his father’s plan to adopt the child and told his father that he knew he could locate the rightful father. CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. became upset by this and threw a child’s small riding toy at Charlin Fulee. The toy hit Charlin Fulce. Charlin Fulce threw the car back at his father, striking him. Charlin Fulce then approached CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. and struck his father in the chest with a closed fist. After being struck in the chest by Charlin Fulee, CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. went upstairs to retrieve his .22 caliber rifle. As that was occurring, Charlin Fulce left the residence and got into his brown Oldsmobile that was parked outside. As Charlin Fulce was attempting to drive away from the house, CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. began firing shots in the direction of the car striking the ground near the vehicle. Chatlin Fulce retumed fire from inside the car but ‘id not strike anyone with his shots. CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. responded with more gunfire, bullets did strike the car. This caused the Oldsmobile to crash into a tree. Cn aiasse ogres He £01104 GMB Charlin Fulce, slumped over inside of the Oldsmobile leaning over from the driver's side into the passenger's seat of the car with his head towards the floorboard. QSMDREBENGINBAED pulled him out of the car, and could see blood. He attempted to apply pressure to @asammmtp wounds and believed he had been shot.Investigator Brian Cook of the County Metro Homicide Unit interviewed Sa ‘was also at the house on Fillmore when the shooting occurred. He also stated that a verbal ‘argument began between CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. and Charlin Fulee. As the verbal argument occurred, Magg@AEEB exited the residence. From outside of the residence, near a oor, AMBIEN could hear a physical altercation begin. MamslasaggM then went back into the residence where he sees Charlin and CHRSTOPHER FULCE, SR. on the floor. He saw CCharlin break free and then Charlin Fulce walked outside to enter his brown Oldsmobile. Ss pm recalled CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. stating, “The day you hit me is the day you're gonna [sic] dic.” After making thet statement, JUARENEBWE observed CHRISTOHPER FULCE, ‘SR. walk upstairs where he eventually emerged with a rifle. As CHRISOPHER FULCE, SR. ‘came outside with the rifle, SM0@agp went back inside. (Quai te<2led hearing a loud noise outside. Through the windows he observed CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. holding the rifle in a low, ready position. He saw the Oldsmobile pulling away and could hear the sound of gunshots. As he continued to look through windows, he saw CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. shooting in the direction of the Oldsmobile, Iread CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. his Miranda Waring and he agreed to speak to me after waiving his rights. CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. reported there was a verbal argument about the adoption of another family member. He stated that he threw a child’s riding toy at his son Charlin Fulce, which Chatlin threw back. Charlin Fulce punched him in the chest. { checked CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. for injury to the chest and did not observe any bruising or marks on his body. CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. reported he told his son, “I'll be damned if you hit me.” At that point, CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. said he went to his upstairs bedroom to get his ‘gun. He reported that when he went to get his own firearm, he did not believe that his sonCharlin Fulce wes armed. He came back downstairs and began firing the gun from the yard of his hhome. He stated that when he was firing his gun, his son Charlin Fulce was in his car. At first, CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. stated he did not believe he was firing in the direction of his son Charlin, He fater retracted that statement, saying only that he might have been firing in Charlin’s irection into the ground. CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. recalled that Charlin Fulce returned fire. ‘That prompted him to continue to shoot in Chatlin Fulce’s direction. He did not initially know that he struck Charlin Fulee. CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. remembered that he reloaded his 22 caliber rifle once he returned inside his house, After realizing that Charlin Fulce had been hit, CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. remained at the scene to wait for the arrival of police and paramedics: Officers and investigators processed the scene at 23769 Fillmore Road after obtaining search warrants for the cars and structures on that property. They found the brown Oldsmobile ‘crashed into a tree. Inside of the Oldsmobile, 2.25 handgun was found on the passenger’s side floorboard of the car. Red stain was also found inside of the car that had been occupied by Charlin Fulce. Evidence technicians located the .22 caliber rifle CHRISTOPHER FULCE, SR. reported using in the shooting. During the course of this investigation, we conferred with medical personnel who were treating Charlin Fulce at Memorial Hospital in South Bend. Preliminary reports from the doctors reported that Charlin Fulce was struck in the head/neck area, and that a bullet fragment entered his brain stem causing catastrophic injury. As a result, he has been declared dead. All of the above happened in St. Joseph County, Indiana, 1 affirm, under the penalties for perjury, that the foregoing representations are true.WILEY, INVESTIGATO! COUNTY METRO HOMICIDE UNIT