Cheyenne Raines was killed outside a Muncie home where police later found three children.
MUNCIE, Ind. — A shooting outside a south side Muncie home left 23-year-old Cheyenne Angelina Raines dead, two men wounded and three young children found in poor conditions inside, authorities said.
The May 10 case brought together three parts of one investigation: Raines’ killing, the shooting of two men who stopped to help her and the condition of children found after police entered the home. Prosecutors charged Raines’ boyfriend, 21-year-old Rylynn Joshua Davis, with murder and nine other counts tied to the violence and the home.
The home in the 2700 block of South Walnut Street sits in an area described in local reports as a mix of residential and industrial property on Muncie’s south side. Police were sent there just before 5:30 p.m. on Mother’s Day for a report of several people shot. When they arrived, they found Raines and two men outside. All three had gunshot wounds. Davis was detained after the shooting and later booked into the Delaware County Jail.
Investigators said Raines had been trying to leave the home before she was killed. Court records described Davis telling her she could not leave, then following her outside. Witnesses saw him dragging her down the sidewalk by her feet as she screamed, police said. The image of Raines on the sidewalk became the central fact in early reports because it explained why the two passing men stopped their pickup truck and why prosecutors filed kidnapping and confinement charges in addition to murder.
The two men, Jeremy D. McKee and Michael J. Hennessey, were not part of the domestic dispute before they drove by. Hennessey said later that he first thought he was seeing two people messing around. As the truck got closer, he realized a woman was being pulled by her ankles. He and McKee stopped to intervene. Police said Davis fired at them after they confronted him. McKee was shot in the head and flown to Indianapolis. Hennessey was shot in the abdomen and treated at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.
Raines was also taken to Ball Memorial, where she died. Court records said she suffered multiple gunshot wounds to her face, chest, abdomen and back. Investigators said Davis turned the gun on her during the shooting. Davis told officers he was protecting himself, and he claimed he had taken the gun from Raines before pulling her toward the home. The filings made public in early reports did not show prosecutors accepting that explanation. Instead, they charged him as the person responsible for the gunfire.
After the shooting scene was secured, police went inside the home and found three children, ages 3, 2 and an infant. Officers said they were locked in a bedroom from the outside, covered in dirt and feces, and kept in a room described as deplorable. The children’s discovery added a neglect of a dependent charge to the case. It also tied the shooting to broader questions about conditions inside the home before police arrived.
The children were not the only evidence prosecutors pointed to from inside the relationship. Investigators said Raines had tried to leave two days earlier, on May 8. Davis allegedly refused to let her go and threw her to the floor, causing her head to strike a speaker. On May 10, police said, Raines again tried to leave after Davis came home from work. The earlier incident placed the final encounter into a timeline that prosecutors say began before the sidewalk struggle.
Davis faces 10 original charges: murder, attempted murder, two counts of aggravated battery, kidnapping, criminal confinement, domestic battery, criminal recklessness, pointing a firearm and neglect of a dependent. The attempted murder count relates to McKee. The aggravated battery counts relate to McKee and Hennessey. Prosecutors also filed a firearm sentencing enhancement. If Davis is convicted, the enhancement could increase the prison term beyond the sentence for the underlying crimes.
The penalties are among the most serious in Indiana criminal law. Murder carries up to 65 years in prison. Attempted murder, filed as a Level 1 felony, carries up to 40 years. Aggravated battery, a Level 3 felony, carries up to 16 years. The neglect and domestic battery counts carry separate possible penalties. Davis remained held without bond while awaiting further hearings.
The investigation continued after the initial charges. Police later searched Davis’ phone and accused him in a separate case involving child sexual abuse material. Local reports said investigators found thumbnails and online group activity that led to preliminary Level 5 felony counts. Those allegations were not part of the South Walnut Street shooting itself, but they arose during the homicide investigation and added to Davis’ legal exposure.
For Raines’ family and children, the criminal case left many public questions unanswered. Reports identified her as a mother of three, and a fundraiser was started after her death to support her children. Public records did not fully describe where the children were placed after police found them. Officials also had not released a full account of McKee’s recovery. Early reports described his condition as critical after he was airlifted to Indianapolis.
The South Walnut Street block returned to quiet after the police response, but the case continued in court. Local reports listed Davis’ trial for Oct. 13. Before then, prosecutors and defense lawyers are expected to address evidence from the home, witness statements from the street, medical records and Davis’ claim that he acted in self-defense.
Author note: Last updated June 19, 2026.