INDIANAPOLIS — A man was convicted Tuesday for murdering another man on Indianapolis’ west side in Oct. 2020.
According to prosecutors, on Oct. 24, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded to the 3900 block of Bennett Drive to a report of a person shot. That location is near 38th Street and Moller Road.
Officers arrived to find Cecilio Espinoza suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, and later determined Marcos Soriano-Calderon was the one who shot him.
Soriano-Calderon’s wife witnessed the shooting and provided investigators with details about the events leading to Espinoza’s death. She told investigators that Espinoza owed her money for labor. She also said rumors about their relationship had led to an argument between Soriano-Calderon and Espinoza before the shooting, according to prosecutors.
On the night of the shooting, she told her husband she planned to confront Espinoza about the money while he visited their next-door neighbor. Soriano-Calderon went with her. When they approached Espinoza, Soriano-Calderon fired shots, killing him.
A second witness, a friend of Espinoza, told investigators that Soriano-Calderon pulled the trigger.
Authorities arrested Soriano-Calderon in March 2025.
