Prosecutors alleged Monday that Thomas Starks ambushed a couple in a Gary apartment complex — shooting Kajah Wilson dead — while defense lawyers told jurors the evidence didn’t add up.
Thomas Starks, 22, of Gary and formerly Chicago, is on trial, charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery and burglary. He lived upstairs from the couple at the time.
“Monsters come out at night,” Deputy Prosecutor Jacob Brandewie told jurors in opening statements.
He accused Starks, with another person, of robbing Wilson’s apartment of shoes, an iPad and phone in the days leading up to the shooting. He pawned the phone at a kiosk for $11 and still had the receipt, the prosecutor said.
The next day, the couple saw him with an open backpack. The stolen iPad was inside. Police later found “in