Evansville Police have arrested 3 suspects in connection with the November 8th shooting that injured Odie Carrier. The shooting happened at 3421 Wood Duck Dr just after 9:00pm.
Police have arrested CONNOR JOHNSON (18), XZEREUS DLAMINI (19), and a 17 year old female. All three are charged with Robbery with Serious Bodily Injury and Burglary with Serious Bodily Injury.
Police believe the 17 year old female went to Carrier’s apartment to have sex with Carrier. Based on text messages recovered from Carrier’s phone, he was going to pay her for the encounter. Although police had the messages, they did not have a verified name associated with the phone number Carrier was exchanging texts with.
Police believe that JOHNSON and DLAMINI came to the home with the female with the intent to rob Carrier. During the robbery, JOHNSON shot Carrier. All three suspects then fled the scene.
At 2:30am on Friday, patrol officers conducted a routine traffic s top in the 800 block of S. Elliott. All 3 suspects were in the vehicle at the time of the stop. During the stop, drugs and a gun were seized, but there was nothing that connected the vehicle or the occupants to the earlier shooting on Wood Duck. JOHNSON and DLAMINI were arrested on misdemeanor drug and weapons charges. The female was cited for a license violation and released.
As the shooting investigation progressed, information was uncovered that connected the occupants of the car stop to the shooting. The unverified phone that had been involved in the shooting was found to belong to the female who had been cited and released from the car stop. JOHNSON was interviewed and implicated himself in the robbery/ shooting.
JOHNSON and DLAMINI have remained in the jail and were charged in the shooting. The female suspect was located and arrested on the Robbery and Burglary charges. She is being held at a secure juvenile facility at this time.
