Witnesses say they saw murder suspect shoot victim several times on school playground in Terre Haute

 












Hughes/ Vigo County Jail











By Lucy Perry 
Indiana Central News


A Terre Haute man was shot and killed by a friend witnesses said was continuing to fire at him as he tried to get away Sunday night.
Police say Quincy Rogers-Porter, 22, died after being transported to a local hospital with several gunshot wounds.
The suspect, Kole M. Hughes, 20, of Lafayette, was booked into the Vigo County Jail Tuesday around 7:30 p.m. He is charged with murder and possession of a firearm on school property.




   Quincy Rogers/ Facebook photo




Court
documents do not provide a clear motive for the shooting that took place at the Davis Park  Elementary School playground in Terre Haute, just after 9:30 p.m. They do, however, show that the two had communicated about meeting at that location.



According
to the probable cause affidavit, filed by Detective Julia Piety, of
the Terre Haute Police Department, several juvenile witnesses said they were playing a game of basketball with the victim at the school prior to the shooting.  The suspect showed up there just as their game ended. The witnesses noticed  the victim had addressed him as "Kole," as he was walking up to them. The two reportedly shook hands. All seemed well.
All was not well.
Gunshots were fired as the the juveniles said they were exiting the court, according to the affidavit.



 They reportedly had turned to look back, when they actually
saw the suspect shoot the victim in the chest. 
The victim was able to
get back up on his feet after falling to the ground. The suspect allegedly
continued to fire at the victim as he then ran for his life, as did the others.  The injured victim was found
later, just east of the school.

According to the documents, the suspect and victim had met when they had previously worked together. Further investigation revealed that the two had continued communicating by text messaging and on social media platforms.  In a Snapchat message, detectives say the suspect was found to have just basically told the victim to meet him at S. 18th and Poplar Streets. That is the location of the school, where the shooting took place.



The
young witnesses were able to give detectives a good description of
the suspect. He was described as wearing a
black bucket -style hat, having shaggy, dirty blonde - colored hair.
They said he was wearing a pink jacket. Surveillance video from the
school, as well as nearby residences, confirmed the suspect's appearance.

























































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