Overview
- Marion County prosecutors charged Cecil Mains, 47, with murder in the Dec. 28 shooting death of his wife, 44-year-old Jerri Mains, in Indianapolis.
- A probable cause affidavit says multiple 911 calls from the couple’s children captured the attack, including a child reporting, “My dad just shot my mom twice.”
- Police found Jerri in the driveway with two gunshot wounds to the chest; she was taken to a hospital and later died.
- Investigators say Mains fled in a gray Toyota Tundra before officers stopped the vehicle nearby and took him into custody without incident.
- Court records show Jerri filed a protective order on Dec. 25 alleging death threats and prior assaults, and documents indicate she planned to leave the relationship; Prosecutor Ryan Mears called the case devastating and offered sympathy to the four children.