A confrontation over a small purchase on June 25, 2019, ended with the death of 31-year-old Tony A. McClain Jr. in Indianapolis. McClain had bought candy from a homeowner, Steven Archie, who was selling snacks from a table in front of his near northwest side residence. After a dispute about the purchase and an exchange in which McClain reportedly asked about Archie’s holstered gun, McClain went to his Jeep, returned, and allegedly snatched a money bowl from the table while taunting Archie with the name Candy man as he moved back toward his vehicle.

Archie pursued McClain, and as McClain’s Jeep accelerated toward him Archie fired multiple times into the vehicle. The Jeep then struck another car and McClain was pronounced dead at the scene. Archie was arrested and charged with reckless homicide and was held in the county jail without bond; investigators say Archie called 911 after the shooting to report the theft and that he had shot at the person. Does anyone have information about what happened before or after the exchange at the snack table?