LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A 21-year-old man was found guilty in the deaths of two men who were killed at a 2022 block party in Lafayette.
Kevon McCaster was found guilty of killing Tommy Marshal and Edward Roberson after a three-day bench trial on Thursday, Feb. 8.
Lafayette police said officers were called around 4:20 a.m. April 24, 2022, to a report of multiple shots fired at the Romney Meadows apartment complex in the 3000 block of Phipps Court, near Old Romney Road and Twyckenham Boulevard.
Investigators said there was a large block party with over 100 people crowding the area when a fight broke out inside one of the apartments and shots were fired, killing two men and wounding four more.
One of the injured men, McCaster, was eventually released from the hospital and then arrested.
Investigators found "numerous" shell casings in and outside the apartment, and Lafayette police said multiple apartments and cars were hit by gunfire.
McCaster waived his right to a jury trial and elected to have the case tried to the court. He will be back in court later this month to set the date for his sentencing hearing.
He could get between 99 to 172 years in prison.