The Evansville Police Department has made a second arrest in the shooting death of 25 year-old Delvin Mitchell.Â
A joint investigation of members of the Evansville Police Department, FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, FBI Underwater Evidence Search Team, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Indiana State Police Firearms Examination Unit, and the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office has led to charges of Murder filed against 32 year-old Justin Robert Brewer.
On January 25, 2019, shortly after midnight, EPD Officers responded to a call for shots fired in the 2300 block of Frisse Avenue. Officers arrived and found Mitchell to be deceased. He was a victim of a shooting.Â
As the investigation proceeded, the FBI Underwater Evidence Search Team responded to Evansville to assist. The FBI’s dive team located the murder weapon from Pigeon Creek near Diamond Avenue. Evidence collected at the crime scene was compared to and matched with the recovered weapon.
During the course of the investigation, interviews, evidence, and electronic data that was collected has led to the arrest warrant of Brewer for the murder. Brewer is being held in Knox County, Indiana.Â
Amber Brewer, the wife of Justin Brewer, was charged with Mitchell’s murder on September 25, 2019 and is currently being held in Henderson, Kentucky.
More information will likely be released later this week.
If anyone has knowledge or information about this shooting, please call the Evansville Police Department at 812-436-7979 or the WeTip line at 1-800-78-CRIME.
