PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — More than three years after a 24-year-old woman was killed in a drive-by shooting , the second suspect believed to be responsible for her death has been convicted.
Shawn Mann, 33, was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder, assault with intent to commit murder, committing a drive-by shooting and various firearms offenses in connection with the August 2021 shooting death of Miya Brophy-Baermann.
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Brophy-Baermann was gunned down while standing next to her parked car on Olney Street with her boyfriend, Sheron Robinson.
Mann’s accomplice, 27-year-old Isaiah Pinkerton, was found guilty of first-degree murder last year and is serving double life sentences .
The night of the murder, prosecutors believe the two men were driving around Providence “looking for revenge” after Mann’s younger brother was shot and killed by a rival gang.
Pinkerton opened fire on the couple believing that her boyfriend was responsible for the death of Mann’s brother, according to prosecutors. Robinson testified during Pinkerton’s trial that he has never been in a gang and the men targeted for the wrong person.