Michael T. Shoun

Michael T. Shoun, 26, of Elkhart, has officially been named a murder suspect in the Friday night death of a Granger teenager. (See related)

Shoun was arrested by Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department deputies at the scene of the crime on Friday night for unrelated charges. However, from the beginning police did call him a “person of interest” in the apparent stabbing death of Tiana E. Alter, 17.

The ECSD today sent a request to the Elkhart County Prosecutor requesting the formal murder charge be filed. Shoun is currently in the Elkhart County Jail where he is being held on a warrant for failing to return to lawful detention, a Class D felony.

Shoun’s criminal history dates to 2004 and includes convictions for possession of a handgun without a permit, false informing, resisting arrest, receiving stolen property, minor consumption and being a habitual traffic violator.