Man charged with murder, setting fire that killed his grandmother in Gary

A man has been charged with murder in connection to a fatal fire that killed his grandmother early Thursday in northwest Indiana.

Kyle Gray, 25, of Gary, Indiana, is charged with murder, murder in perpetration of an arson, arson resulting in serious bodily injury and arson, Gary police announced Friday afternoon.

He was taken into custody about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, according to police.

The 79-year-old woman was pronounced dead at 5:30 a.m. after a fire at her home in the 3400 block of Johnson Street in Gary, Indiana, according to police and the Lake County Coroner’s Office.

Her identity has not been released by the coroner’s office, but police identified her as Gray’s grandmother.

A ruling on the cause and manner of her death was pending Thursday, and a representative for the coroner’s office did not immediately respond to a request for new information Friday.

Gray was being held without bail, according to court records.