INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for a road rage highway shooting that killed a man in central Indiana who was on his way home from a long shift at work.
A Marion County judge sentenced Dion Kimbrough, 24, on Friday after a the jury convicted him in August for murder and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon in the shooting death of Eli Hickerson.
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 traveled along Interstate 70 on Indianapolis’ far east side.
“Mr. Hickerson tragically lost his life due to an unacceptable act of violence on the road while commuting home from work,” Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said in a statement.
Kimbrough’s attorney, Israel Nunez Cruz, has said his client acted in self-defense and plans to appeal his conviction.
The car’s driver told investigators he saw a box truck driving erratically on Interstate 465 before it began following his vehicle as he exited onto I-70, prosecutors said. The driver said the box truck then approached his car, and the driver of the truck fired several shots.