INDIANAPOLIS — One man is in custody and another is recovering after a road rage shooting while both were driving throughout Indianapolis and Marion County.
On July 11, IMPD officers responded to reports of shots fired in the 4100 block of East 21st Street, near North Sherman Drive, and found a van with a woman screaming for help outside of it.
When officers went to speak with her, a man jumped out of the van who had been shot in his left chest and right arm, according to court documents.
Detectives discovered that the van the man jumped out of was stolen. He told police that he had bought it for $500, but had no idea that it had previously been stolen.
The man said he had been driving with his girlfriend when a car pulled up next to him and a man started yelling at him, "get out of my s*** bro."
According to court documents, the couple began to drive away from the yelling man when he started shooting at the van, breaking the window. The shooter, later identified as Andre Martin, proceeded to chase the two and kept firing at them.
Court documents say the driver was shot twice during the chase, and multiple other bullet holes were found on the side of the van.
Police arrested Martin on July 28 after finding him at the Indiana State Fair. He has been charged with battery by means of a deadly weapon, criminal recklessness and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
