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Courier Press
August 19, 2014
Police in Evansville are investigating the death of a man a witness said was shot following a verbal altercation with a man in a vehicle.
Officers responded to a shots fired call near the intersection of Garvin and Walnut streets around 3:23 a.m. Police found a man lying in the street who was not breathing.
Eric Steven Brookins, 24, of Evansville, sustained at least one gunshot wound to his upper body. He was pronounced dead at Deaconess Hospital. An autopsy by the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Officer revealed Brookins died from a single gunshot wound to the heart.
A person who was with Brookins told police that someone in a passenger car yelled at them as they were riding bicycles. The witness told police that Brookins and a man in the car got into an altercation before a gunshot was fired from the vehicle. Police have not said which direction the bicyclists were traveling.
According to police, the weapon used in the shooting is a semi-automatic handgun.
Authorities are working to identify the shooter. He was described as a black male. The witness described the vehicle as possibly a red Ford.
Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call EPD at 436-7979 or WeTip at 1-800-78-CRIME.
