INDIANAPOLIS — A family dispute sparked a shooting at an Indianapolis plasma center last week.
According to court documents filed Sunday, police responded to a plasma center on North Post Road around 2:37 p.m. Tuesday on a report of shots fired. When police arrived at the scene, they found an adult male who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
The victim, who has been identified as 28-year-old Joshua Jones, was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:50 p.m.
Less than 15 minutes after Jones was pronounced dead, a man named Marvin Wilson called 911 and asked police to come to an address on Ruskin Place so he could talk about a shooting.
While he was on the phone with 911 operators, Wilson said he wanted to tell police why he shot someone so there wouldn't be any confusion. Wilson also told operators the shooting happened about 20 minutes before he called them, and that he still had the gun he used in the shooting with him.
Police quickly connected the 32-year-old Wilson to the shooting that had happened at the plasma center. Upon locating Wilson, police took him into custody and transported him to the IMPD Homicide Office for questioning.
During his conversation with IMPD, Wilson said the man he shot at the plasma center had been threatening his children. According to court records, Wilson told police he had encouraged the mother of his children to speak with law enforcement about the threats days before the shooting happened.
On the day of the shooting, Wilson decided to take matters into his own hands. Wilson allegedly told police he was sitting in a McDonald's drive-thru at East 38th Street and North Post Road around 2 p.m. on the day of the shooting when he saw Jones by happenstance.
Wilson said he thought his sighting of Jones was a sign of divine intervention. After Wilson saw Jones, he proceeded through the drive-thru, got his food, ate it and drove over to the plasma center because he had seen Jones enter it.
Court records report that Wilson told police he entered the lobby of the plasma center to wait for Jones. Wilson said his goal was to have a conversation with Jones to address the safety of his children.
During his interview with police, Wilson was adamant that he did not intend to shoot Jones when he first entered the plasma center. Wilson's intentions changed during his conversation with Jones.
Wilson told police Jones displayed a "sinful" smile and smirked during their conversation. Wilson said the smile caused him to snap and shoot Jones.
In his interview with police, Wilson said he was trying to shoot Jones in the genitals "because it was personal." He added that he may have missed Jones' genitals and accidentally shot him in the thighs.
Per court documents, Wilson told law enforcement he apologized to patients at the plasma center after the shooting in an attempt to explain that he was there to protect his family, not to harm any bystanders. Once he had issued his apology, Wilson left the scene, returned home and called 911.
As their investigation continued, police obtained security camera footage that showed the shooting and the moments that led up to it.
Video showed Wilson entering the plasma center at 2:28 p.m. and spending approximately six minutes in the waiting room. He then entered the donor area, glancing over his shoulder toward Jones.
Soon after he entered the donor area, Wilson brandished a firearm and approached Jones. Police reporting on the incident indicates Wilson appeared to be yelling at Jones.
Jones did not react to Wilson's yelling, and remained seated until Wilson raised his firearm and pointed it at him. Police reported that Wilson shot Jones about 10 seconds after he entered the donor area.
When the shots were fired, Jones sprang from where he was sitting and moved toward a nearby door. On his way to the door, however, Jones fell to the floor.
After Jones hit the floor, he reached for a door handle. At that time, Wilson shot Jones again.
Once he shot Jones for the second time, Wilson left the donor area for about 13 seconds. After that time had passed, he returned, pointed a gun a Jones' head, and discharged his firearm a few more times.
Police reported that Jones did not move after he was shot a third time. During an investigation of the scene, police failed to find a firearm, leading them to believe Jones was not armed during the incident.
Investigators subsequently searched Wilson's car. The search did not help investigators corroborate Wilson's story, as they did not find any McDonald's bags in his car. Police, however, did find a Burger King cup in Wilson's car.
Per court records, police reviewed drive-thru footage from the McDonald's that Wilson claimed to be at. The footage did not show Wilson's car in the drive-thru at any point between 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
An autopsy was conducted on Jones' body on Wednesday. Via the autopsy, the Marion County Coroner's Office determined Jones' death was caused by multiple gunshot wounds and his manner of death was ruled a homicide.
Wilson was booked into the Marion County Jail on Tuesday on two counts of murder. His next court date is set for Nov. 6.