INDIANAPOLIS — Shamar Duncan, 22, is on trial for the murder of 26-year-old Corporal Simmie Poetsema, a Dutch commando who was killed in downtown Indianapolis on Aug. 27, 2022. Poetsema was a veteran ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Shamar Duncan, of Indianapolis, was sentenced Monday to 105 years in prison for the 2022 murder of a Dutch solider outside a downtown Indianapolis hotel. In January, a jury found Duncan ...

Simmie Poetsema/photo via Ministry of Defense. As the soldiers walked back to the hotel, Duncan and his brothers went to their pickup truck, which was parked on the curb.

A jury convicted Shamar Duncan last month following a five-day trial in connection with the Aug. 27, 2022, shooting death of Simmie Poetsema, 26.

Simmie Poetsema/photo via Ministry of Defense ”There was one that was on the ground and aid was being rendered to that person. Then there was another one that was outside of the location.

Poetsema and others in the group tried to diffuse the tension but it turned into a fight. Eventually one of Duncan’s peers said he was “ going to go get a strap ,” an arrest affidavit said.

An Indianapolis man is on trial for the murder of a Dutch commando in Indianapolis on Aug. 27, 2022. Corporal Simmie Poetsema was visiting Indianapolis while training at Muscatatuck Urban Training ...

Simmie Poetsema was killed, and 22-year-old Shamar Duncan is now on trial for his murder.. A Marion County crime scene specialist also took the stand. The jury got see photos of the crime scene ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Shamar Duncan, 22, is on trial for the murder of 26-year-old Corporal Simmie Poetsema, a Dutch commando who was killed in downtown Indianapolis on Aug. 27, 2022. Poetsema was a ...

In January, a jury found Duncan guilty in the murder of Dutch Corporal Simmie Poetsema. Duncan, 22, was also found guilty on two counts of attempted murder and disorderly conduct.

A jury convicted Shamar Duncan last month following a five-day trial in connection with the Aug. 27, 2022, shooting death of Simmie Poetsema, 26.

A jury convicted Duncan last month following a five-day trial in connection with the Aug. 27, 2022, shooting death of 26-year-old Simmie Poetsema. Two of the Dutch man’s comrades were injured in the ...