• Raymond Childs III has been found guilty of murder after four of his relatives and a pregnant woman were shot dead in a mass shooting in January 2021
• Childs was convicted of six counts of murder, including in Indianapolis on Friday, October 25
• “What happened inside that home is as unfathomable today as it was in 2021,” Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said in a statement to PEOPLE

A 21-year-old man has been found guilty of six counts of murder after five people, including a pregnant teenager, were shot dead in Indianapolis.

On Friday, Oct. 25, District Attorney Ryan Mears confirmed that Raymond Childs III — who was 17 years old at the time of the mass shooting — had been sentenced for his role in the Jan. 24, 2021, incident, a news release from the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office said. obtained by PEOPLE confirmed.

Five people were shot and killed in the attack: Kezzie Childs, 42, Raymond Childs, 42, Elijah Childs, 18, Rita Childs, 13, and Kiara Hawkins, 19. Hawkins’ unborn child also died as a result of the shooting.

Per it Associated PressRaymond was Child’s father and Kezzie was his stepmother. The couple’s daughter Rita and son Elijah died, along with Elijah’s pregnant girlfriend and her baby.

The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office said earlier in a Post January 28, 2021 that a seventh victim, a youth, had also been “shot and seriously injured” in the incident. The Associated Press has since said Child’s 15-year-old brother was injured, but managed to escape the home.

The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office release on Friday confirmed that Childs was “convicted of six counts of murder, attempted murder (level 1 felony) and carrying a weapon without a license (class A misdemeanor),” and said: “A jury returned guilty. as charged verdict after a five-day jury trial.”

The release confirmed that the surviving victim had told Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) officers after the shooting “that Childs had gotten into trouble for coming home past his curfew and got into an argument with his parents before opening fire on the family.”

After IMPD officers were first dispatched to the 3300 block of East 36th Street residence following reports of a person shot on Jan. 24, 2021, the surviving victim identified the shooter as his brother, Raymond Childs III, according to the latest release from the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office. He then led officers to his sibling’s home in the 3500 block of North Adams Street, where the other bodies were found.

“Community cooperation led investigators to Child’s vehicle located at his girlfriend’s residence. The girlfriend stated that she had picked up Childs on the night of the shooting and he told her he had been kicked out of the house,” the release states. .

“Child’s extended family was able to obtain the murder weapon and turn it over to police. Additionally, Childs was arrested at a family member’s residence following the shooting,” the release continued.

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After the conviction, Prosecutor Mears said in Friday’s press release from the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, “What happened in that home is as unfathomable today as it was in 2021.”

“It has been an incredibly difficult journey for the family and friends of the six people we tragically lost,” Mears added. “I am proud of our trial team, law enforcement and witnesses, whose commitment to our victims did not waver when faced with adversity. Their commitment ultimately led to today’s verdict and justice for the victims of this horrific crime.”

Friday was the second time the case had been tried before a jury, after the court declared a mistrial in July.

Per one before AP The report was explained at trial “after a witness verbally confronted the defendant in front of the jury.”

A sentencing hearing has been set for January 7, 2025 at 9 a.m. local time.