Second Suspect in Murder of Brophy-Baermann on East Side of Providence Found Guilty

Second Suspect in Murder of Brophy-Baermann on East Side of Providence Found Guilty

A second suspect has been found guilty on all counts in the shooting death of then-24-year-old Miya Brophy-Baermann on the East Side of Providence in 2021. 

As GoLocal reported in August 2022, two men were arraigned on multiple charges in conjunction with the murder - Isiah Pinkerton and Shawn Mann. 

In January of 2024, Pinkerton, who had been found guilty, was given two life sentences. 

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On Wednesday, Mann was found guilty on multiple felonies - he had been charged with murder, conspiracy, drive-by shooting, and carrying a firearm without a permit, in addition to multiple others.

As GoLocal previously reported at the time of her death:

Police confirmed Monday that 24-year-old Warwick native Miya Brophy-Baermann was shot and killed early Sunday morning on Olney Street on the East Side of Providence. 

According to Brophy-Baermann’s LinkedIn page, she recently received her Master’s Degree in Speech and Language Pathology — with a 3.94 GPA— from Northeastern University.  She received her undergraduate degree from URI in 2019. 

Brophy-Baermann had recently held a number of internships and fellowships prior to graduating, including working as a student clinician at Northeastern, East Taunton Elementary School, as well as at Encompass Rehabilitation Hospital in Braintree and at Reliant Rehabilitation in North Providence.

Her mother is a professor at Rhode Island College.