On a spring evening in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the life of a 19-year-old Black/African American woman named Sasha J. Carter was tragically cut short. On May 3, 2004, Sasha was sitting in a parked car with a friend, Jimmy Hayes, at a gas station. Their ordinary day took a horrific turn when two men, Kevin D. Evans and his accomplice, Anthony Hardy Jr., targeted their vehicle. The assailants were not after money or personal belongings; their focus was on the expensive 20-inch Helo Kick chrome rims on the car Sasha was in.
The two men, armed and determined, confronted Sasha and her friend. During the carjacking, one of the accomplices reportedly warned that an occupant of the car was reaching into the back seat. In response to this perceived threat, Kevin D. Evans fired his weapon into the vehicle, striking Sasha and inflicting a fatal wound. Jimmy Hayes, fortunately, was not physically harmed in the incident. After the shooting, the assailants stole the car. They later stripped it of its coveted rims and tires before setting the vehicle on fire in an attempt to destroy evidence.
The investigation into Sasha's murder gained momentum when Jimmy Hayes provided a crucial tip to the police. He informed them that the stolen rims were being sold from a tan Chevrolet Malibu. This information led law enforcement directly to Kevin D. Evans, who was apprehended while driving a car that matched the description. Evans, who was 23 at the time, and his 17-year-old accomplice, Anthony Hardy Jr., were subsequently charged in connection with the crime. Evans ultimately pleaded guilty to first-degree reckless homicide while armed, as a party to a crime. For his role in the senseless death of Sasha Carter, he was sentenced to a minimum of forty-five years in prison, with an additional twenty years of extended supervision.
