An Indiana man killed by his brother-in-law was shot in front of his four children, police said.
Dustin Payne, 33, who died on March 10, was also set to be married soon, his fiancée said.
Payne’s fiancée Jessica Fowler said that she and Payne went to the parking lot of JayC Food Store in Seymour on Sunday night to pick up Payne’s four children, a routine custody exchange with Payne’s ex-wife.
But after the kids got into Payne’s truck, his sister and brother-in-law arrived, the latter carrying a gun.
Fowler told WLKY that Payne and the brother-in-law, William Baker, 61, didn’t have a good relationship, and it had recently gotten worse after Payne’s son informed his father that Baker had yelled at him.
“Will’s exact words were ‘F your dad. When I see that SOB I’m gonna shoot him,'” Fowler said.
After the men exchanged words in the parking lot, one shot was fired by Baker, hitting Payne in the chest. Baker was still there when police officers arrived.
Dustin Payne was going to get married next week. Last night he was killed when police say his sister’s husband shot him outside of a JayC in Seymour. pic.twitter.com/w1zOtGF418
— Carolyn Callahan (@CarolynWLKY) March 11, 2019
Seymour police agree with Fowler that the murder was premeditated. “I think he knew he was going to be there,” Seymour Police Chief Bill Abbott said.
Along with the children, multiple shoppers witnessed the killing, reported WHAS 11.
Police officials were asking anyone who saw what happened, including anyone who recorded video of the confrontation, to contact them. Contact the Seymour Police Department at (812) 522-1234.
Baker was arrested and is being held without bond. According to The (Seymour) Tribune, he faces a murder charge.
Of the seven witnesses who were interviewed following the shooting, each were current or former family members, Abbott said. He also noted that Baker shot Payne with a revolver, though he didn’t know the caliber of the gun.
Mother’s Boyfriend Charged in Killing of Girl
The boyfriend of the mother of a 9-year-old girl whose body was found in a duffel bag on a horse trail was charged Tuesday, March 12, with one count of murder.
Emiel Hunt, 38, allegedly killed Trinity Love Jones about March 1, according to charges filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
The dead girl was found March 5 by a park worker who spotted part of her upper body sticking out of a black duffel bag at the bottom of an embankment in Hacienda Heights, just southeast of Los Angeles.
She was wearing pants with a panda pattern and a pink shirt that said, “Future Princess Hero.”
Friends and family members described her as a joyful and talented girl who did well in school.
A memorial near where her body was found featured stuffed animals, heart-shaped balloons, dozens of votive candles and notes expressing love for Trinity and one that said, “Rest in heaven, Princess.”
There were no obvious signs of trauma on her body. Authorities have not revealed a cause of death or motive.
Hunt, who has a record of felony child abuse, was arrested Saturday when he was found sleeping in his vehicle near San Diego International Airport.
Hunt was one of two people detained in the ongoing investigation. The Los Angeles sheriff did not name the so-called person of interest in the ongoing investigation.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
