https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/22-year-old-man-arrested- after-fatal-shooting-in-i-70-road-rage-incident/
Jul 19, 2022
INDIANAPOLIS - A 22-year-old man wearing a jail’s GPS-monitoring
device was arrested Tuesday in connection with the fatal shooting of
a passenger in a car on I-70 on the east side of Indianapolis,
Indiana State Police say.
Eli Hickerson, 30, of Carthage, was a passenger in a red Ford Focus
that was eastbound on I-70 from Post Road just after 5:15 p.m.
Monday. After being shot, Hickerson was driven to a medical facility
about 5 miles east at the Mount Comfort Road exit in Hancock County.
He died shortly after arrival at the medical facility.
Police believe the driver of a white box truck fired at the car in a
road rage incident. State police did not say whether the driver of
the Ford Focus was injured.
Investigators who worked on leads through the night arrested Dion
Kimbrough, of Indianapolis, on preliminary charges of murder, and
possession of a handgun by a serious violent felon. The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will determine the formal charges. News 8 has
reached out to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office for Kimbrough’s
jail-booking photo.
Upon his arrest, state police found Kimbrough was wearing a GPS
monitoring device on his ankle. Before he was booked into the Marion
County Jail, state police say they discovered an arrest warrant had
been issued in an unrelated case.
Online court records show an arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for
Kimbrough in relation to a case in which he pleaded guilty in
September 2019 to armed robbery. He was sentenced in Marion Superior
Court 30 to a year in prison and two years on home detention through
the Marion County Community Corrections agency. The arrest warrant
issued Tuesday did not clarify what type of violation had happened in
the case, according to online court records. As part of the plea
agreement, a charge of armed robbery and a charge of battery were
dropped.
Lt. Josh Watson, the Indianapolis district commander for Indiana
State Police called the work from its detectives and others “an
extraordinary effort.” He said in a statement, “They diligently
investigated the crime scene, gathered intelligence information and
followed each lead meticulously, resulting in the arrest of the
person we believe is responsible for this senseless act.”
Indiana State Police Indianapolis District Commander, Lieutenant Josh
Watson, said. “This arrest is a result of an extraordinary effort by
our detectives, troopers and other assisting police agencies who have
worked tirelessly through the night.
A news release from state police Sgt. John Perrine said the case was
the 37th interstate shooting that the Indianapolis District have
investigated in 2022. That compares to a total of 65 interstate
shootings investigated by state police in the Indianapolis area in
2021.
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