'Do you want to die?' 16-year-old charged as adult in Beech Grove shooting of teen girl
He was charged by the Marion County Prosecutor's Office with murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, and dangerous possession of a firearm where a child possesses a firearm.
"She was killed on Sunday, and they made an arrest on Monday," her mother, Jennifer Bauman, told IndyStar. "He's only just now being charged as an adult." The family did not want to release a statement on the arrest since the investigation is ongoing.
At 9:02 p.m., on Sept. 29, 2024, Beech Grove Police were alerted to possible shots fired via gunshot detection devices in the Park View at Beech Grove apartments area. As officers were heading to the scene, dispatch updated the run to a person shot at a home in the 5900 block of Riva Ridge Drive, less than a mile and a half away.
Police found Makayla Bauman shot, and her 15-year-old brother was tending to her wound.
She was taken to Eskenazi Hospital in critical condition, but later died.
An autopsy for the 18-year-old revealed that she had been struck by a single bullet in the right chest, with the bullet becoming lodged in the left shoulder. This is consistent with a person being shot through the passenger side door while seated in a vehicle.
'You couldn't ask for a better kid.' 18-year-old shot and killed in Beech Grove
Investigators found five shell casings under a carport in the parking lot of the complex within the 5400 block of Fetterbush Lane and determined they came from two different firearms.
According to court documents, Bauman's brother told detectives that his sister drove to Fetterbush Lane, where he was going to sell marijuana to a person he knew as "Man Man," later identified as Carter. The deal was arranged through Snapchat.
Bauman's brother was in the driver's side of his sister's car while she was in the passenger side when Carter and another person approached the vehicle, according to a probable cause for his arrest. Bauman's brother told detectives he was handing over the drugs when Carter and the other person pulled out guns and pointed them at his head.
'Give me everything. Do you want to die?' Carter told Bauman's brother, according to court records. Bauman's brother put the vehicle in reverse in an attempt to flee before both suspects began shooting at the vehicle.
He was driving out of the apartment complex when Makayla Bauman stated, 'I think I just got shot.'
He noticed his sister then began 'fading out." While trying to drive home, he called their mother to tell her what happened, but eventually stopped the car before being found by officers.
Bauman's brother told detectives he and Carter were classmates at Beech Grove High School during their freshman year in 2023. He didn't get a good look at the other person, but believed the boy to be Carter's brother.
Detectives located Carter and his brother, who told investigators they were staying overnight at a friend's house at Park View Apartments.
An Instagram message tied to Carter's account and obtained by police indicates the teen was setting up and planning to rob Bauman's brother. During interrogation, Carter's brother said he was also at the shooting and pulled the trigger because he thought they were the ones being robbed.
Beech Grove Police have not announced any other arrests in the case.
At an initial hearing on July 2, Carter pleaded not guilty. His jury trial is set for Sept. 29.
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