INDIANAPOLIS — Three men were sentenced for their roles in the 2022 deadly shooting on Indianapolis' near northeast side.
Julius Thomas, Carlos Bryant and Antonio Wynn were sentenced in the death of Kerwin Pollard following a seven-day jury trial:
- Thomas: 62 years for murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, armed robbery and assisting a criminal
- Bryant: 61 years for murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury and armed robbery
- Wynn: 49 years for murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury and armed robbery
Around 4:15 p.m. March 6, 2022, IMPD officers responding to a report of a person shot in the 1600 block of Ingram Street, near Roosevelt Avenue and Interstate 70, located Pollard with two gunshot wounds to the abdomen.
(NOTE: The video above is from a previous report on the shooting.)
Pollard was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The prosecutor's office said Pollard and his fiancée were traveling around the state and other Midwest cities selling clothing after posting items on the Offer Up marketplace. The two met Thomas and Bryant in the parking lot of a restaurant, and later, Thomas contacted Pollard to express interest in buying clothing, the prosecutor's office said.
"Thomas and Bryant had Pollard follow them to multiple locations, eventually stopping at the scene of the crime, where Wynn joined them," the MCPO said in a statement. "While arranging the final details of the sale, Pollard was shot twice, and Pollard’s fiancée was forced out of her vehicle at gunpoint. Thomas and Bryant then stole the car, clothing, and other items inside the vehicle. Wynn fled the scene in his vehicle."
Investigators identified the three men based on the fiancée's description of the car, as well as phone numbers used in setting up the sale and activity on stolen credit cards.
"The defendants’ unprovoked attack on these innocent victims was a devastating tragedy for our community," Mary County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said. "These sentences ensure that the defendants will now live with the consequences of their egregious actions."