AVON, Ind. — The Avon Police Department has arrested two people for their alleged roles in a shooting that left two men dead.
According to multiple affidavits for probable cause filed last Thursday, 21-year-old Gavin Bollman of Brownsburg and 18-year-old Olivia Kirksy of Avon helped orchestrate the robbery that both 20-year-old Patrick Day of Avon and 20-year-old Samual Oliver of Plainfield died in.
Mugshots of Gavin Bollman (left) and Olivia Kirksy (right) courtesy of Avon Police.
Court records show that APD officers were first dispatched to the 7400 block of Glensford Drive around 7:37 p.m. on Jan. 11 on a report of a person shot. When police arrived at the scene, they located Day lying in the street suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Day was transported from the scene to IU West Hospital before he was ultimately pronounced dead. Upon further investigation of the scene, police found Oliver in a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the chin. Investigators also observed a single bullet hole in a window of the vehicle they found Oliver in.
Officers and medics checked Oliver for signs of life but did not find any. Officials later pronounced him dead at the scene.
According to court documents, police located three firearms at the scene — a .45 caliber Glock, a 9mm tan Glock handgun and a 9mm Tan Taurus model G2C.
After a preliminary investigation, police were led to believe Day shot at Oliver, who then returned fire in self-defense. Detectives contend that both individuals were struck by each other’s gunfire.
After the shooting, police spoke with one of Day’s family members. Per court records, the family member told police Day had been previously known to possess guns illegally. During the interview, Day’s family member also indicated that he had dropped some hints about a robbery or money-grabbing plan he was preparing for.
During their investigation, police interviewed a second member of Day’s family. That family member indicated he had previously driven Day to a residence in the 400 block of West Janet Drive in Brownsburg for a meetup with his friend Gavin.
The family member told police it was strange that Day had asked for a ride to his friend’s house because he doesn’t normally ask for rides. During his meetup with Gavin, according to the family member, Day was given some clothes. The family member told police Day was holding the clothes in a strange manner.
Court records indicate that police determined the friend Day met up with before the shooting was Bollman. In an interview with police days after the shooting, Bollman admitted that he had concealed a gun inside the clothing he had given Day during their meetup.
Bollman told police the gun he gave Day was a Taurus G2C. Police indicated that they recovered a Taurus G2C from the shooting scene.
Police reporting on the incident indicates cameras in the area captured Day throwing something to the ground after the shooting. After he threw the item on the ground, Day began to run from the area before he eventually collapsed in the street, which is where officers found him.
Per court documents, police also obtained a warrant to examine Bollman’s phone. During their examination, investigators found an Instagram conversation between Bollman and Day that detailed a robbery plan.
The plan entailed Kirksy — who was Day’s girlfriend at the time — luring her weed dealer to an area near Day’s home. During their investigation, police obtained a warrant to search Kirksy’s phone.
When they examined her phone, police found messages Kirksy sent Oliver to try to set up a drug deal. The address she told Oliver to head to was located in the 7400 block of Glensford Drive, which is the scene police were first dispatched to on Jan. 11.
Officers conducted an interview with Kirksy after they had examined her phone. When she was being questioned, Kirksy changed her story about the incident several times.
Kirksy told officers Day had been using her phone to text Oliver on the day of the shooting. She claimed that she never texted Oliver during the day of the robbery.
Per court records, in a previous interview Kirksy had done with police, she said she was the one who texted Oliver the day of the shooting.
During their second interview with Kirksy, investigators pressed her about how much she knew about the robbery. Initially, she said she didn’t set up the robbery and had no involvement in the incident.
As police continued to question Kirksy about the shooting, she eventually said, “OK, I knew about this whole thing.”
As the interview continued, police asked Kirksy if she knew Day was going to kill Oliver during the incident. In response to the question, she said, “I didn’t know he was going to kill Sam at all, I promise.”
Per court records, police found a message in Kirksy’s phone from the morning of the shooting where she appeared to express that she had second thoughts about the planned robbery.
“Something feels off about today,” the message read. “And ion want to go through with it.”
As her interview with police concluded, Kirksy called the planned robbery “dumb.”
“Patrick was talking about robbing Sam for a while,” Kirksy told police. “And I told him I didn’t want anything to do with it because it was dumb and it wasn’t smart.”
After the shooting unfolded, Kirksy went to the scene. One of Day’s family members told police they saw her saying “he was shot” to somebody on the phone at the scene. The family member claimed that, when they asked Kirksy who she was talking to, she ran from the scene.
Kirksy has been preliminarily charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery and armed robbery. Both charges are Level 3 Felonies.
Bollman faces the same two charges Kirksy does. He has also been charged with unlawful transfer of a weapon used to commit murder, which is also a Level 3 Felony.
The maximum penalty for a Level 3 Felony in Indiana is a 16-year prison sentence and a fine of up to $10,000.
A jury trial has been scheduled for Oct. 1 in Bollman’s case. Kirksy’s initial hearing was held on Monday.
