PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Nearly 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 is on trial.
Shawn Mann, 33, has been charged with first-degree murder an various firearms offenses in connection with the August 2021 shooting death of Miya Brophy-Baermann.
Brophy-Baermann was gunned down while standing next to her parked car on Olney Street with her boyfriend.
Mann’s suspected accomplice, 27-year-old Isaiah Pinkerton, was found guilty of first-degree murder last year and is serving double life sentences .
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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.
