INDIANAPOLIS — An argument over a day-old meal of catfish and French fries escalated into a fight on the east side of Indianapolis, leaving one man in jail and his roommate in the hospital.
The incident began Friday on North Gray Street, near East Washington and East Tenth streets when IMPD said 30-year-old Davante Payne demanded $10 from his roommate for the leftovers. When the roommate countered that the meal was only worth $3 and attempted to reach out to friends to secure the funds, the argument turned into a brutal physical assault.
Police say Payne “rushed the victim,” eventually kicking them in the head, attacking them with a mini-baseball bat, and shot them. They also say Payne stole two of the roommate’s phones and their keys, claiming he intended to sell the phones to collect payment for the $10 dinner…