On Thursday at approximately 4:25pm, Evansville Police responded to a shooting near Riverside and Grand. Officers located 20 year old Donovan Thomas in the parking lot of the Zesto’s and began treating him for a gunshot wound to the leg. After officers applied a tourniquet, they were able to get information from him. He told police he knew the man who shot him. He told police it was 21 year old MICHAEL MERRIWEATHER. Thomas did not provide any possible motive for the shooting.
MERRIWEATHER fled the area before officers arrived. He remains at large. He is wanted for Attempted Murder and Criminal Recklessness. He is considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information on MERRIWEATHER or this case is asked to call EPD at 812-436-7979 or WeTip at 1-800-78-CRIME.
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