Lafayette shooting suspect found dead Sunday
http://www.jconline.com/story/news/crime/2016/04/14/shooting-suspect-found-dead-sunday/83042156/
Jordan S. Thomas died 11 days after bonding out of jail on charges that he shot and wounded Michael Hickman II on Dec. 20, 2015.
Thomas, 25, of Lafayette, died Sunday, Tippecanoe County Coroner Donna Avolt said Thursday. The coroners’ office is awaiting results from toxicology tests, which take four to six weeks, she said.
“More than likely, (the cause of death) will be accidental,” Avolt said.
Police arrested Thomas the night of the shooting in the 1900 block of Schuyler Avenue. Nine days later, prosecutors charged Thomas with aggravated battery, battery with a deadly weapon and battery resulting in serious bodily injury. On Feb. 12, prosecutors added a charge of unlawful use of firearm against Thomas.
At the time of the shooting, Thomas accused Hickman of selling him and his girlfriend bad drugs that made them sick, according to a probable cause affidavit. Thomas asked Hickman to come to his apartment on Schuyler Avenue to discuss the bad drugs. Thomas then told police he shot Hickman when Hickman went for his gun, according to the affidavit.
Online court records indicate that Thomas posted bond on those charged on March 31.
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So even if cause of death was self inflicted, it sounds like they have already made up their minds to determine as accidental overdose. Come on now, obviously the guy was going to be seeing some pretty serious jail time and just maybe he didn’t think he could do the time. That with the fact that the reason for the initial shooting was drug related, it sounds like it will be used as another nail for the chronic pain coffin.
Besides, Lafayettes proximity to both Chicago and Indianapolis, almost dead center between on I-65 along with it also being a college town, Pursue University, I can almost guarantee that the illegal drug problems are very severe. Especially meth.