Indianapolis man gets 60 years for a road rage shooting that killed a man

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for a road rage highway shooting that killed a central Indiana man who was returning home after a long shift at work.

A Marion County judge sentenced Dion Kimbrough, 24, on Friday after a jury convicted him in August of murder and unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon in Eli Hickerson's fatal shooting.

Prosecutors said Hickerson, 30, of Carthage, was a passenger in a car on July 18, 2022, when Kimbrough shot him. Kimbrough was driving a box truck as the two vehicles were traveling along Interstate 70 on Indianapolis’ far east side.

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Kimbrough’s attorney, Israel Nunez Cruz, has said that his client acted in self-defense and that he plans to appeal his conviction.



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[chouchou]

1. I'm sure sometimes, some of us get peeved at lousy, rude, inconsiderate drivers.

You know what happens when you accost other drivers?
There's still thousands of other lousy, rude, inconsiderate drivers. ..you can't change them all.

[GreenWave]

2. Self defense? Seems preposterous.

[Clouds Passing]

3. Eli

[Skittles]

4. without the gun it would have been at most a fistfight

these gun humpers are seriously fucking demented, real cowards

[slightlv]

5. They would have to have found another way to settle their dispute...

fisticuffs or bumping vehicles down the road. But the chance they'd have all come out alive are much, much better. Add guns to ANY mix and death will follow. Guns are only made for one thing -- killing. And they do it well.

[Aristus]

6. Have fun in the joint, dickhead.

Sixty years is a long time to consider how much better your life would have turned out if you hadn't been such a stupid-ass gun-crazy.

[LiberalFighter]

7. Self-defense? How?

[eggplant]

8. Previous felony was for armed robbery...

...and he was wearing a GPS ankle monitor at the time of the shooting.

[Oopsie Daisy]

9. Sad, sad, sad.

https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/man-sentenced-to-60-years-for-the-2022-road-rage-shooting-death-of-eli-hickerson

[PatrickforB]

12. Yep, there's a young guy that will never get married, have a family, build a career.

What a tragedy, both for this guy, whose rage ruined his life AND, even more so, for his victim.

[Demobrat]

10. His family said he is not a monster.

They are wrong.

[PatrickforB]

11. Well, I gave up road rage decades ago. It is a very bad idea, because you have no idea

what the other person may be capable of doing.

Road rage = bad idea.

[Kaleva]

15. I agree

[FakeNoose]

13. Dion Kimbrough's mugshot

[Skittles]

14. why are you confused

do you think POC cannot be gun humping cowards?