A Fort Wayne jury found Domonique Drew guilty of murder in the gas station shooting of Scott Reed Armstrong.

Thursday's verdict is the jury's finding on the murder count and the firearm enhancement. The sentence has not been imposed. The surveillance video, the witness identification and the apology letter described in court records are the prosecution's account that the jury accepted. Drew's statement to police that the victim spat on him is his account. The jury did not credit it as a defense to murder.

A jury in Allen County found Domonique Drew, 35, of Fort Wayne guilty Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, of murder and a firearm sentencing enhancement in a deadly December shooting at a downtown gas station, 21Alive reported. The station reported the jury deliberated for about 35 minutes and that Drew could be sentenced to up to 85 years. 21Alive's Thursday story lists his sentencing for Nov. 30. The Journal Gazette also reported the guilty verdict Thursday.

The Allen County Coroner's Office identified the man who died as Scott Reed Armstrong, 45, of Fort Wayne, and said he died of multiple gunshot wounds, 21Alive and The Journal Gazette reported in December 2025. Police were called about 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, to the Amoco gas station at 437 E. Washington Blvd., where they found him with gunshot wounds, the outlets reported. He was taken to a hospital and died.

According to court records obtained by 21Alive, surveillance video showed Drew pull up to the station, park and walk toward the building as Armstrong walked out toward him. When they passed each other, Drew appeared to brush shoulders with Armstrong, who kept walking away without looking back, the records say. The video then showed the shooter turn, extend his arm and fire, then continue firing as Armstrong walked away, with the last shot fired at his head, court documents say. The shooter then ran to his car and drove off, 21Alive reported.

Police said the license plate on the car was registered to Drew, and a witness identified him as the shooter in a photo array, 21Alive reported. He was arrested during a traffic stop at South Clinton Street and East Jefferson Boulevard about four hours after the shooting, The Journal Gazette reported. According to a probable cause affidavit described by The Journal Gazette, Drew told investigators the man spat on him as they passed and he reacted by shooting him, and said he had recently lost three family members, including a cousin the day before. Police also said he wrote an apology letter to the victim's family, which 21Alive quoted: "Im very sorry to anyone Ive hurt. I wish I could take everything back and restart."

Thursday's finding is the jury's verdict on the charge that was tried. The judge has not imposed a sentence, and the term will be set at the sentencing hearing. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.