A commute home from a long day at work on July 18, 2022, turned fatal for 30-year-old Eli Hickerson of Carthage, Indiana. Hickerson was a passenger in a red Ford Focus traveling eastbound on Interstate 70 near Post Road in Indianapolis when, at about 5:15 p.m., someone in a white box truck opened fire. Authorities described the shooting as a road rage incident.

The driver of the Ford Focus told police the box truck had been driving erratically on Interstate 465 and then followed them onto I-70. The truck pulled up alongside their car and the driver fired multiple shots, striking Hickerson at least once. The driver rushed to a nearby medical facility at I-70 and Mt. Comfort Road in Hancock County, but Hickerson was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Investigators traced the box truck to a concrete construction company and identified the driver as 22-year-old Dion Kimbrough of Indianapolis. Kimbrough was wearing a GPS ankle monitor that placed him at the scene and had an outstanding felony warrant and a prior conspiracy to commit armed robbery conviction. He was arrested the day after the shooting and charged with murder and unlawful possession of a handgun by a serious violent felon.

If anyone has information about Eli’s movements that afternoon or saw the box truck on I-70, please share what is known.