An argument at a west side Indianapolis gas station on August 10, 2021, ended in gunfire that killed 18-year-old Michael Simmons. Surveillance footage from the 7900 block of West 10th Street shows a man later identified as Derice Wilson approach Simmons, speak briefly with him, then fire multiple shots. Critically wounded, Simmons tried to drive away but struck a landscape rock across the street and was taken to a nearby hospital where he died the next day.

Detectives used the video to identify Wilson as the shooter. After the shooting he fled Indiana; with help from Yashika Clowers he traveled to Florida. Both were located and arrested in Florida on August 20, 2021, following a joint effort by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s Violent Crime Unit and the U.S. Marshals. Wilson was returned to Indiana to face charges of murder and carrying a handgun without a license; Clowers later pleaded guilty to assisting a criminal for helping him flee.

Did anyone in the area witness the argument at the gas station or see either vehicle leaving after the shooting?