INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 110 years in prison for murdering two men in Indianapolis in 2021.
Camran Perry was found guilty of murder and carrying a handgun without a license in early July 2024.
He was convicted of killing 21-year-old Andrew Jones and 20-year-old Blake Coffman on Dec. 1, 2021.
“Young people having easy access to firearms leads to them making poor, split-second decisions that result in senseless deaths and tragedy,” said Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears. “It is incumbent upon us to continue to empower young people with the tools to be mindful of the long-term consequences of gun violence in order to avoid tragedies like this.”
The shooting happened in the 8800 block of Westfield Way, which is just southwest of East 91st Street and Westfield Boulevard.
Officers found two men, later identified as Jones and Coffman, with apparent gunshot wounds. Both men were taken to hospitals but were pronounced dead a short time later.
According to a probable cause affidavit, police talked to a witness who heard the shooting and saw one of the victims stumble out of the driver's side of a car. The boyfriend of the witness followed her outside and later found the other victim in the front passenger side of the car.
Police believe Jones was driving the car and Coffman was in the passenger seat.
After searching the victims' phones, detectives found an Instagram conversation on Coffman's phone with an account they believe belonged to Perry. It was the last known communication from Coffman's phone, shortly before the shooting happened.
(NOTE: The video in the player above is the initial Dec. 1, 2021 report about this shooting.)
The account Coffman was exchanging messages with blocked Coffman's profile immediately after the shooting, then was deactivated shortly after. Court documents say police later identified Perry on another Instagram account. When they brought Perry in for questioning, police said he admitted to exchanging messages with Coffman to buy marijuana.
Detectives also said Perry told them he got in the back of the car that night and got into an argument after the drug deal. According to the probable cause affidavit, Perry said Jones threatened him with a gun, then Perry took the gun and shot him before running away into the woods.