Background: The bus stop in Indianapolis where Forrest Tab Grant was shot on April 17 (Google Maps). Inset: Donnie Abney III (Marion County Jail).
An Indiana man was arrested weeks after he and his father were allegedly involved in the shooting of another man after an argument about money.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police have accused 22-year-old Donnie Abney III of murder in the case involving the shooting that led to the death of 62-year-old Forrest Tab Grant on April 17. Reports from local Fox affiliate WXIN indicate that a court filing details an argument between Grant and Donnie Abney III, also known as “Little Donnie,” along with his father, Donnie Abney Jr., referred to as “Big Donnie.” The altercation allegedly concluded with Little Donnie shooting Grant in the back.
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Court documents reveal that police interviewed nine witnesses, all of whom identified “Little Donnie” as the shooter. The witnesses recounted seeing the dispute between Grant and the two older men at a bus stop. Little Donnie, as he is mentioned in the court files, supposedly sided with his father in the argument.
During this verbal confrontation, it is claimed that “Little Donnie” brandished a gun but did not initially shoot. However, when Grant walked away from the argument, it is alleged that Little Donnie shot him in the back.
Both Abney men then ran from the scene. Grant was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
According to the witnesses in the court documents, another argument between Grant and “Little Donnie” reportedly took place the day before the alleged shooting at a nearby Family Dollar store. “Little Donnie” allegedly held his gun on Grant without firing at that confrontation as well.
The day after the alleged shooting, a family member told police that “Little Donnie” had called her on Facebook Messenger and reportedly said, “Don’t stress out, I didn’t mean to. He was going to pull his gun first. I’m a hot head and I shot him.”
Police said he reportedly told another family member, “Well, you’re not going to see me for a long time. I got in a fight with this guy, he had a gun and I had a gun, he pulled out his gun and I pulled out my gun and shot him. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it.”
Witnesses told police that Grant was carrying a stick during the argument with the Abney men.
In a Facebook post announcing Donnie Abney III’s arrest, police stated that the suspect tried to run when officers tracked him down two weeks following the shooting. He was ultimately taken into custody and booked into the Marion County Jail. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police said the Marion County prosecutor’s office will decide whether or not to formally charge Donnie Abney Jr. for murder.
