Indianapolis, Indiana: Jury Convicts Donnie Abney, 24, of Murder in Bus Stop Shooting of Forrest Grant, 62

A Marion County jury has convicted Donnie Abney, 24, of murder in the shooting death of Forrest Grant, 62, who was shot near a bus stop on the southwest side of Indianapolis in April 2025. Prosecutors announced the verdict on Thursday, October 29. The jury also found Abney guilty of unlawful carrying of a handgun.

A three-day trial and three hours of deliberations

The verdict followed a three-day trial in Marion County. Jurors deliberated for roughly three hours before finding Abney guilty on both counts, according to the prosecutors who announced the result. One question remains open after the verdict. The court will later determine whether Abney faces a felony firearms sentencing enhancement, a decision that could add time to the sentence he receives for the murder conviction. No sentencing date was given in the first reports of the verdict.

What court documents say happened in April 2025

Grant was shot on April 17, 2025, near a bus stop at the intersection of West Morris and Hiatt streets, outside a tobacco store on the near southwest side of the city. According to court documents reported by FOX 59 at the time of the arrest, the shooting followed an argument over stolen money. The argument continued near the bus stop shelter, and Grant eventually walked away. At that point, according to the documents, Abney shot Grant in the back and ran south on Hiatt Street.

Officers found Grant lying in front of the bus stop shelter. He was taken to Eskenazi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The bullet had struck multiple organs, and the Marion County Coroner's Office ruled the case a homicide, according to the court documents.

The arrest

FOX 59 reported in May 2025 that Indianapolis police violence crime unit detectives found Abney near West Morris and Harding streets. Abney tried to run away before police took him into custody, the report said, and he was arrested on preliminary charges of murder and resisting law enforcement. He was 22 years old at the time of the arrest. Homicide detectives interviewed him, and the Marion County Prosecutor's Office made the final charging decision that led to the trial concluded this week.

What happens next

Abney, now 24, stands convicted of murder and unlawful carrying of a handgun in a killing that began, on the court documents, as an argument over money at a bus stop. The enhancement hearing and sentencing are the remaining steps in the case, and both will be set by the Marion County court. Grant, whose full name was Forrest Tab Grant, was 62 years old and died at the hospital on the day of the shooting, about eighteen months before the jury returned its verdict.