Indiana girl, 17, shot pizza delivery man dead during failed robbery attempt after luring him with fake order
By
Namrata Tripathi
MEAWW News
September 15, 2020
LAFAYETTE, INDIANA: A 17-year-old girl from Indiana shot dead a pizza
delivery man, a new father, after she lured him to an abandoned house
with a fake pizza order, court documents state. The teenager, identified
as Jaelynn Billups, reportedly attempted to rob 37-year-old Joshua
Ungersma while he was delivering pizza. However, witnesses allege that
the girl shot Ungersma when he asked someone to call the police.
Authorities found the father-of-one dead at North 16th Street on August
31, after reports of shots fired around 11.15 pm the night of the
incident. Police reportedly also found the body of the teen's boyfriend,
19-year-old Alberto Vanmeter, lying near a Domino's pizza box, two
drinks, and some cash. It is believed that Ungersma shot Vanmeter in
self-defense after the teen's boyfriend attempted to rob him, Billups
then allegedly shot the new father at point-blank range.
A witness of the shooting, Patrick Gibson, has reportedly claimed that
Ungersma was uninjured after the first shots were heard and had told him
that Vanmeter attempted to rob him, according to the Lafayette Journal
& Courier. Gibson added that Billups then came running from across
the street and shot Ungersma dead. Another witness of the tragedy also
recounted that Ungersma had asked someone to call the cops before the
teen shot him.
Officers said that when they arrived at the scene, Billups was standing
over one of the victims and had phoned the cops alerting them of the
shooting. Authorities also said that Ungersma, a Domino's Pizza delivery
driver, was found with "a .38 S&W revolver in his pocket with the
rounds fired," and had a permit to carry the weapon. When officials
ordered Billups to show her hand, she reportedly threw a 9 mm handgun
onto the sidewalk and was detained, WTHR reported. The teen was promptly
arrested and charged with killing Joshua Ungersma in Tippecanoe
Superior Court 2.
Another murder count was laid against her, where she was charged with
causing Ungersma to kill Vanmeter. She was also charged with conspiracy
to commit armed robbery, armed robbery, theft, pointing a firearm, and
carrying a handgun without a license. She is currently being held
without a bond. Billups' trial date has been set for February 23, 2021.
Ungersma reportedly worked a second job at a Domino's store on Greenbush
Street in Lafayette. The outlet, in a statement, said that it is
donating 75 percent of its sales through Friday, September 18, to his
family. The owners of the store reportedly hope to raise nearly $15,000
for the Ungersma family to support their late employee's newborn.
The Domino's store owner, Jimmy Ruedlinger, in a statement, said: "We
want to be able to do whatever we can for the family. We're a family
here, and we're a team, and we're going to take care of whatever we can
take care of at this point." Ungersma had also been working as a butcher
at Payless Supermarket for the past 13 years. He is survived by his
wife Jenny, stepson Logan Hindsley, and his six-month-old son Sebastian.
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