Man sentenced to 110 years for 2023 double murder in Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 45-year-old Indianapolis man was sentenced Monday to 110 years in prison for a double murder in 2023.

Shawn Barnett, 23, and Larry Moorman, 42, died shortly before noon Jan. 12, 2023, at the scene of a shooting in the 200 block of Walcott Street. That is in a downtown residential area near the intersection of East Ohio Street and North Walcott Street.

Jermaine Randle, 45, was sentenced after a jury found him guilty of two counts of murder on April 2 in Marion Superior Court 7.

Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears, a Democrat, wrote in a news release issued Monday, “The defendant will spend more than a century behind bars for the unprovoked tragedy he inflicted on these men and their families. Our witnesses’ commitment to Larry and Shawn to see this through was the difference maker in this case.”

A witness at the scene immediately identified Randle as the suspect and described the vehicle he was driving. According to the witness, shouting could be heard from an apartment followed by several gunshots, and a man was seen fleeing down the steps before Randle’s vehicle pulled away. Other witnesses corroborated the identification of the vehicle Randle used to arrive at and flee the scene. Officers used license plate-reading cameras to find Randle’s vehicle just hours after the shooting near West 79th Street and North Michigan Road, leading to the arrest of Randle.