Kuran Kinley, according to charging documents, had warned Trayveon Triplett to stay away from his ex-girlfriend’s Valparaiso apartment when the child Kinley had with the woman was there.

Triplett showed up Monday evening anyway and, according to court records, Kinley shot him several times, killing him before he fled.

Kinley, 24, was formally charged Wednesday with murder and felony counts of criminal recklessness and carrying a handgun without a permit by a convicted felon. Prosecutors also are seeking an enhancement to the murder charge for the use of a firearm by Kinley, who lived in the same Chicago Street apartment complex as his ex-girlfriend and their child.

Triplett, 24, of Valparaiso, died at the scene. Kinley’s ex-girlfriend is pregnant with Triplett’s child, according to the

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