‘It’s… Bewildering’: 16-Year-Old Indianapolis Teen Who Targeted Black Man, Sparking Fears of a Serial Killer Almost Got Away Until He Slipped Up Again

The staggering triple murder of three Black men that sparked rumors of a serial killer on the loose has finally seen a resolution. Caden Smith, 19, was ruled guilty by an Indianapolis jury on three counts of murder, two counts of felony murder, and multiple gun, robbery, and drug-related charges. Though Smith was 16 at the time of the killings, he was tried as an adult and is now awaiting sentencing. In October 2021, Smith persuaded three men — Joseph Thomas, 18, Michael James, 22, and& Abdulla Mubarak, 17 — to meet him in a grassy field off of Interstate 465 by employing the ruse that he was going to demonstrate a “Glock switch.” The switch allows a semi-automatic weapon to fire like a machine gun. Instead, he opened fire on all three men over the course of two nights, each one suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Caden Smith was convicted of murder charges for allegedly shooting three Black men in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo: YouTube screenshot/Fox59) Officers collected over fifty 9mm fired cartridge casings at the scene, as well as unfired 9mm bullets, court documents revealed. Smith then robbed his victims and left their lifeless bodies on a grassy path in...