Family uses billboard to find killer: ‘Who murdered Tim Poo?’
INDINAPOLIS (WISH) — Sharia Gladney appeared frozen.
She stood on the corner of East 34th Street and North Sherman Drive and fixed her gaze on a billboard that towered above her. Plastered on it is a lifesize poster of Timothy Poole. It reads “Who murdered Tim Poo?”
“Sometimes I ride down and I say, ‘Hey, Timothy, it is coming in due time,’” Gladney said.
Timothy was Gladney’s big brother. On Nov. 27, 2016, someone shot Poole multiple times as he sat in a parked car near the 2200 block of Avondale Place. That’s near Martin University.
After the shooting, Poole drove his vehicle several blocks to Dearborn Street until he couldn’t drive anymore. Detectives rushed to the scene and found Poole.
The shooter had shot Poole four times. Poole had a passenger in the car. She survived but was unable to provide critical details in the investigation.
“I don’t see how you can be in the car with somebody and not know nothing,” Gladney said as signs of frustration washed over her face.
A year after the shooting, police shared a clue in the investigation: Security cameras captured Poole’s last moments. Reviewing the video, detectives saw Poole’s Dodge Charger car drive through an intersection. Suddenly, a grey Chevrolet Impala car follows behind. Carefully, it appears the driver of the Impala keeps a distance. Poole pulls up to a house to pick up his friend’s kids. Another angle shows the Impala circle the block. Then it happens. The unknown driver is side by side with Poole’s car. Multiple shots are fired, and the driver of the Impala speeds off.
Since the video, there has been no new information, no leads, in Poole’s case. Gladney said her annoyance has magnified with the lack of communication with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department detective.
“I just don’t understand it. The detectives need to stay in touch with the families more instead of always acting like the families are bothering them because they just want to know what’s going on,” she said as she sat near a stool.
Gladney’s family pooled together their resources to pay for the billboard with Poole’s image. It is in an area where Poole was well-known. After about a year, Gladney’s mother has found a way to keep the billboard up until the family gets justice.
“If your family don’t fight for you, no one else will fight for you. Once you die, everyone else forgets in time. Your family never forgets,” Gladney said.
IMPD was contacted in advance of this story for any updates, but the police did not respond before the piece aired Thursday night.
Anyone with information on the murder of Poole is urged to call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477. Your tip will remain anonymous.
