COURT DOCS: ‘Four on one’ fight preceded deadly weekend shooting

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A 19-year-old Fort Wayne man is accused of helping in a deadly shooting south of downtown after an altercation at a nearby nightclub.

Isaias Luna Garcia is charged with assisting a criminal, a charge that comes with a potential six-year prison sentence. He’s accused of being in a group of people who were in a “four-on-one” fight with 19-year-old Amilcar Fernando Donis Pineda at El Diamante Night Club.

A witness told police about the fight, saying he helped break it up and was nervous when they all left at the same time after the altercation, according to court records obtained by 21Investigates. The victim left in a silver Nissan pickup truck, later seen by a third witness after they heard gunshots.

The vehicle had significant damage to the driver’s side door, and the witness described seeing debris on the ground, as well as four people running toward a dark-colored SUV parked close to the truck.

BACKGROUND: 1 dead in shooting near downtown Fort Wayne

While at the scene, detectives learned Garcia called in to “come clean,” court documents say. Among debris left in the road, police located a passenger-side mirror near the victim’s truck.

When police arrived at Garcia’s address, they found a dark green Jeep Wrangler in the driveway with a missing passenger-side mirror.

Garcia told detectives he and his friends came to El Diamante Night Club at about midnight, court records show. An argument inside the nightclub continued out to the parking lot, with Garcia and his friends following the victim to his car.

Once at his car, the victim pulled out a large knife, Garcia allegedly told police. He said one of his friends ended up shooting at the victim from his car, before Garcia drove his friends, and the murder weapon, away from the scene.

Surveillance footage from a gas station across the street captured some of the incident, including the victim’s vehicle being followed closely by a dark-colored Jeep, court documents say. The vehicles disappeared from the camera’s view, but soon after, a person believed to be Pineda was seen running and collapsing.

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COURT DOCS: ‘Four on one’ fight preceded deadly weekend shooting

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