Caden Smith Convicted of Triple Murder in Indiana

Caden Smith, a 19-year-old man, was convicted by a Marion County jury of murdering three young men—Abdulla Mubarak, 17, Joseph Thomas, 18, and Michael James, 22—during a gun demonstration in October 2021. Smith, who was 16 at the time of the murders, lured the victims to a vacant lot under the pretext of showing them how to modify a Glock handgun into a machine gun using a Glock switch. The jury found him guilty on multiple charges, including three counts of murder and robbery. Prosecutors revealed that Smith's communications with the victims prior to the shooting and the discovery of the murder weapon at his home were crucial to the case. The incident raised concerns about gun violence and youth crime, with families of the victims expressing a long road to justice. Sentencing for Smith is pending, and he faces the likelihood of spending the rest of his life in prison.