Indianapolis man sentenced to 6 years for illegal possession of firearm following high-speed chase

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 21-year-old Indianapolis man was sentenced to 6 years in jail after pleading responsible to being a felon in possession of a firearm following a high-speed chase, in line with a press launch Wednesday.

On Sept. 6, 2021, police acknowledged the face of a fugitive in attendance on the funeral of a murder sufferer. The fugitive was armed with an impressive warrant. A number of others have been additionally armed in attendance on the funeral, which made officers conscious of the varied threats of violence and attainable retaliation that might be made by associates and relations of the deceased, in line with courtroom paperwork.

Police noticed the fugitive leaving the funeral and getting right into a automotive with three individuals, together with Raymond Bowie, 21. Police tried a site visitors cease on the automobile close to the 3700 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the place the fugitive refused to cease and led police on a high-speed chase. Police needed to cease the pursuit primarily based on extra velocity.

Officers searched the realm of the chase and located the fugitive’s automobile crashed on I-465 northbound close to the I-65 ramp. When police approached the crash, they noticed Bowie and one other passenger fleeing from the scene on foot. Police say they took the firearm, which was a totally transformed totally computerized AR-15 model rifle with 30 rounds of ammunition.

As Bowie was operating away, police say he threw a rifle that he was carrying. He finally dropped to the bottom attributable to his accidents from the crash and was taken into custody by police.

Bowie has three prior felony convictions for armed theft and was additionally convicted of a harmful fireplace arm possession. He had additionally violated his probation prior for illegally possessing a firearm whereas being a felon.