INDIANAPOLIS – Jonathan Warren, 22, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 147 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to transmitting threatening communications in interstate commerce and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
According to court documents, from May through August of 2020, Warren sent multiple threats and attempted to kill Victim 1 at least two times. In each of those attempts, Warren fired indiscriminately into crowded areas. On May 24, 2020, Warren fired into Victim 1’s house, then later that evening committed a drive by shooting into the Masjid E Noor mosque. Multiple worshipers were at the mosque, as it was the Eid al-Fitr, or the “Festival of the Breaking of the Fast.” On June 9, 2020, Warren fired multiple shoots across the parking lot of the Pangea Apartments on West 34th Street, causing multiple bystanders to flee in terror.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network Program were able to reconstruct the shootings, through the examination of shell casings collected at the scene, and identify Warren, leading to his arrest and conviction.
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