Indianapolis 16-year-old charged with murder in carjacking turned homicide

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 16-year-old from Indianapolis was charged on Tuesday with murder and armed robbery in relation to the shooting death of a 24-year-old man.

Richard Williams was still in Marion County jail on Tuesday in connection with the homicide of Wilson Astreide. He has been charged as an adult in Marion Superior Court 30 with four felonies: two counts of murder, one count of robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, and one count of armed robbery. Additionally, he faces a misdemeanor charge for the dangerous possession of a firearm by a child.

Astreide, who was shot and paralyzed in a carjacking on April 9, 2025, died on Aug. 10, 2025, at Reid Hospital in Richmond, police investigators said in court documents. His death was ruled a homicide due to complications arising from a gunshot wound to the neck, which had left him a quadriplegic.

The shooting was reported just before 7:40 p.m. April 9, 2025, in the 300 block of North Temple Avenue, just off East New York Street. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers found Astreide critically wounded. He had driven to the shooting scene in a silver 2021 Kia Sportage with a Florida license plate, and the SUV was missing.

Crime scene technicians found a single cartridge case of a .45 Auto firearm at the shooting scene.

Investigators interviewed witnesses and Astreide, and got surveillance footage of the area...