A 33-year-old man was gunned down within two hours of a crash in Gary, court records show.
Billy Antonio Cross, 46, of Gary, was charged on May 8 with murder, unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, operating a loaded machine gun, and possession of a machine gun.
Cross’ criminal case was unsealed Tuesday after his arrest.
The victim, Kylin Bursey, was fatally shot on April 30 at least six times in the head, neck and back, records show. He was transported to Methodist Northlake in Gary where he was pronounced dead.
His death was ruled a homicide.
East Chicago Police Detective David Moran of the Lake County Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force wrote he responded at 5:45 p.m. on April 30 to the 4100 block of W. 23rd Avenue in Gary.
A red Chevrolet Tahoe with two bullet holes was parked in front of a house. Fourteen bullet casings and blood were on the street. No guns were recovered.
Security footage showed Bursey standing near the back of his red Chevrolet Tahoe on West 23rd Avenue with four people — three men and a woman.
A red vehicle pulls and parks, then a dark GMC Envoy parks behind it. Cross and a woman in a pink tank top get out.
“Right here, with the hat,” the woman appears to say, pointing at Bursey.
“Who said they were going to beat my wife,” Cross demands.
Bursey appeared to walk away.
“Don’t move, don’t move,” someone says.
Cross appears to raise his arm and fire at Bursey, who falls down.
Moran alleged his handgun was likely modified with a switch to fire 15 bullets in one second. Bursey did not appear to be armed.
The crash was caught on camera around 3:39 p.m. near 4th and Connecticut St.
Cross’ wife — in the GMC — hit Bursey’s vehicle. He got out to get her insurance information and license plate number. They ended up arguing about who caused the accident.
“He’s going to hit me…hurry up and get here,” witnesses said Cross’ wife yelled.
Bursey, with a man and woman in his car, moved to a bus lot, then to the 4100 block of W. 23rd Avenue.
She was “going to call her people,” one witness told police.
The couple followed them there.
After the shooting, police executed a search warrant in the 600 block of New Hampshire Street in Gary. The GMC appeared “abandoned.” The license plate was removed and mail to Cross was inside. Neither Cross nor his wife appear to have been interviewed, according to charging documents.
Cross had a past conviction for dealing cocaine, according to the affidavit.
Bursey was remembered as a “skilled mechanic” and is survived by six children, according to his obituary.
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