Second Man Sentenced to Double Life for Drive-By Killing of Brophy-Baermann
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Second Man Sentenced to Double Life for Drive-By Killing of Brophy-Baermann
At a hearing on March 11, 2025, Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause sentenced Shawn Mann, age 34, to double life in prison, plus 60 years, the first 10 years of which are non-parolable.
On October 30, 2024, following the conclusion of a nine-day jury trial before Judge Krause, the jury found the defendant guilty of one count of murder; one count of conspiracy to commit murder; one count of discharge of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, resulting in death; one count of committing a drive-by shooting; one count of possession of a ghost gun; one count of carrying a pistol without a license; one count of assault with intent to commit murder; and one count of discharge of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, resulting in no injury.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTDuring the trial, the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that during the early morning hours on Sunday, August 1, 2021, that Mann and co-defendant Isaiah Pinkerton participated in a drive-by shooting on Olney Street in Providence that killed Miya Brophy-Baermann.
On January 26, 2024, Judge Krause sentenced Pinkerton to double life in prison, plus 50 years, following a jury trial.
About Case
On the morning of August 1, 2021, Providence Police responded to reports of a shooting on Olney Street and arrived on scene as rescue personnel were transporting the victim, Brophy Baermann, to Rhode Island Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
In the days following, investigators obtained surveillance footage which showed a dark colored sedan driving past the scene of the crime, opening fire upon Miya and Sheron, and then fleeing. They also recovered two 9mm cartridge cases in the roadway and one fragmented bullet from the victim’s vehicle, all of which were sent to the State Crime Lab for analysis. During the course of the investigation, detectives were able to obtain a combination of surveillance, phone location data, DNA, and ballistics evidence.
Four months later, on December 12, 2021, Providence Police conducted a routine motor vehicle stop of a Hyundai Elantra. In the Elantra, officers located a backpack that was tossed from the vehicle prior to the stop, which contained a ghost gun.
Investigators ran the ghost gun through the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN) database, which indicated that the gun was a possible match to the gun used during the August 1, 2021, shooting. After multiple confirmed analyses, experts determined that the spent casings from the scene on Olney Street were expelled from the recovered ghost gun.