LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More than a month after a 6-year-old girl was severely injured in a road rage shooting on I-65, Metro Police have confirmed what they call the "final arrests" in the investigation.
After LMPD officers arrested him Tuesday night, Edward Sark, 22, of Clarksville, Indiana, faced a Louisville judge in court for his arraignment on Wednesday. He's charged with four counts of wanton endangerment and one count of assault, and he's being held on a $100,000 cash bond.
A second suspect arrested in connection with the shooting, Shelby Bisconer, 33, is also facing wanton endangerment charges.
"The investigation at this point is done, but we still have to move forward with prosecution," said Lt. Stephen Lacefield, the commander for LMPD's nonfatal shooting unit.
On the night of July 10, police said Onyx Sands was in the car with her father when the vehicle got into an altercation with a group of motorcyclists on I-65 North near the Outer Loop. Police said the motorcyclists were traveling at high rates of speed, weaving in and out of traffic.
According to court documents, Bisconer was on a motorcycle and accused of “unlawfully” firing a gun multiple times towards an SUV containing Onyx and two other juveniles in the back seat with her.
Sark, who was traveling with a woman on the back of his bike, got behind the victims' vehicle and fired about three shots, according to witnesses who spoke with police.
The rear window of the SUV was shot out.
During the incident, police believe about 15 shots were fired over an eight-mile stretch of I-65. Police said one of the bullets fired from Sark's gun struck Onyx.
Police said Onyx's dad and a woman driving the vehicle noticed Onyx had been shot. She switched seats with him to let him get the child to the hospital.
The records also stated a second act of aggression happened in the area of University Boulevard. As Onyx’s father was driving her to the hospital, he noticed the motorcycles exiting the off ramp. He allegedly pulled off the off ramp and struck the motorcycle, knocking Sark into the vehicle in front of him, pinning the motorcycle underneath the vehicle.
That’s when police said Bisconer and Sark began firing more shots at the SUV, striking it once.
Onyx’s dad was able to drive off and rush her to the hospital.
When police arrived at the scene, they found a gun on Bisconer and another man, 33-year-old Jonathan Rivera, that matched shell casings.
Rivera was indicted by a grand jury for possession of a handgun by a convicted felon in connection to the shooting. He was charged with five counts of wanton endangerment, and is currently being held on a $5,000 bond as of Thursday, Sept. 1.
Onyx’s mother Chyna said the six-year-old had just celebrated a birthday when that incident happened and her life is now changed forever. The child's spinal cord was severed and she is paralyzed from the waist down. They don't believe she will be able to walk again.
She’s undergone rounds of therapy and is now in a wheelchair.
Chyna told WHAS11 News the road to get to this point was “nothing short of a miracle” and they plan to tackle whatever challenges lie ahead.
"I'm just ready for us to go on to the next chapter and tackle whatever challenges may come," she told WHAS 11 on August 17.
The ATF's Louisville Field Division and LMPD say with the nonfatal shooting unit, they can take the next step -- not just for the Sands family -- but for others suffering from the impacts of gun violence.
"It shows how effective it is," Lt. Lacefield said.
Lacefield told WHAS11 that each of his 16 detectives dedicated to the unit did some work in Onyx's case.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Col. Steve Healey, who originally jumpstarted the crew dedicated to investigating nondeadly shootings, says it allows for more thorough, efficient investigations and stronger evidence.
"To be able to take the time and put together a solid case that is going to withstand the scrutiny of the court," Healey said.
Bisconer and Sark were arrested on Tuesday and booked at Metro Corrections.
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