A 22-year-old man has been accused of shooting and killing a 17-year-old over an iPhone sale, according to court documents obtained today.

Malachi A. Byrd of Fort Wayne has been charged with murder. That charge was filed nearly a week after Nyree K. Jones of Fort Wayne died of a gunshot wound.

Police responded to a call of a report that someone was shot about 5:45 p.m. Oct. 22 in the 3500 block of Lafayette Street. Jones, who was shot in the shoulder, was taken to a hospital, where he later died.

Jones' mother told police that she was in the kitchen when she heard gunshots. Jones entered the house and said he had been shot. Jones was trying to sell an iPhone, his mother told police, according to a probable cause affidavit.

His girlfriend, who said she was on FaceTime during the shootin

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