(Michigan City, IN) - A Michigan City man is still being held on charges in connection with a possible gang-related shooting and death.

 

Jermaine Carter, 18, has been charged with Murder and other counts.

 

According to authorities, Carter and Mykel Trice got into a vehicle over the weekend after the driver therein agreed to sell them an ounce of marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms. However, one of the men pointed a gun at the driver’s head, demanding everything he had in his possession. 

 

The investigation reportedly shows that the driver flipped the vehicle multiple times in the 400 block of Walker Street to avoid being shot. Trice, an alleged gang member, was ejected in the process and found dead underneath the vehicle. Carter was shot in the leg during a gunfire exchange with the driver and taken to the hospital by the mother of the victim.

 

Court records show Carter has a prior criminal record as a juvenile.

 

He's in the La Porte County Jail currently awaiting the outcome of the case on a 1 million dollar bond.