Second man charged with murder of Miya Brophy-Baermann found guilty

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – Attorney General Peter Neronha announced that the co-defendant was found guilty of the murder of 24-year-old Miya Brophy-Baermann and the attempted murder of Sheron Robinson on Wednesday.

After a 12-day trial, 33-year-old Shawn Mann was convicted of killing Miya Brophy-Baermann in a drive-by shooting in Providence.

Isaiah Pinkerton, Mann's co-defendant, was sentenced Jan. 26 to a double life sentence and an additional 50 years in prison.

Mann was found guilty of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, discharging a firearm during the commission of a violent crime resulting in death, committing a drive-by shooting, possessing a ghost gun, carrying a pistol without a license, and assault with intent to murder and firing a gun Firearm during the commission of a violent crime without causing injury.

On Sunday, August 1, 2021, Providence Police responded to reports of a shooting on Olney Street.

At the scene, emergency responders transported the victim, 24-year-old Miya Brophy-Baermann, to Rhode Island Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Days after the shooting, recovered surveillance footage showed Miya and Sheron being shot at from a dark sedan.

During the investigation, investigators located a fragmented bullet from the victim's vehicle, two 9mm shell casings on the road, phone location data, DNA and ballistics evidence.

On December 12, 2021, Providence police discovered a ghost gun in a car during a traffic stop that may have matched the weapon used in the shooting.

After confirmed analysis, it was found that the spent cartridge cases collected from the crime scene had been fired from the recovered ghost gun.

Mann is awaiting his sentencing hearing at the Adult Correctional Facility, where he is being held without bail.