INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to multiple years in prison after the woman he shot died following a car crash on her way to the hospital in Indianapolis, just moments after he opened fire.
Herschel Anderson, 27, was arrested for the death of 27-year-old Deja Morse in April 2022. On Oct. 15, Anderson pleaded guilty to carrying a handgun with a prior felony conviction and reckless homicide, which was added as part of a plea agreement. A murder charge against Anderson was dismissed as part of the agreement.
Anderson was sentenced to 10 years, with six in prison and four suspended (three of those on probation).
On April 2, 2022, officers were originally called to a report of a person shot shortly after 2 a.m. at JD's Pub, which is located at 6920 Eagle Highlands Way, near Interstate 465 and West 38th Street.
When they arrived, police couldn't find a victim. Investigators did find 15 shell casings in the pub's parking lot in the strip mall where the shooting happened, and a window to the bar was broken.
Then, police received information that the victim was being driven to the hospital.
Not long after, IMPD and state police were told the gunshot victim was in a crash on Interstate 65 near the exit to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, which is one exit north of the IU Health Methodist Hospital trauma center.
Morse was taken from the crash scene to the hospital in critical condition, but died there, according to police. Three other people in the car with her were also taken to the hospital to be checked out from the crash.
