PIERCETON – A Warsaw woman has been charged with homicide after two men were shot in a residence south of North Webster Wednesday evening, one of them fatally. Sonya Lynn Armontrout, aka Sonya L. Fick, 42, of 3778 N. CR 175E, Warsaw, was arrested at 9:16 p.m. Wednesday and charged with murder, attempted murder and burglary. She is being held in Kosciusko County Jail without bond on a prosecutorial hold. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a residence at 44 EMS B10 Lane, Pierceton, Wednesday around 7:18 p.m. after dispatch received a 911 call of a potential shooting. Armontrout surrendered to arriving officers and was taken into custody without incident, according to KCSD Sgt. Chad Hill. Deputies entered the residence and found the homeowner, Steven L. Carman, 51, in very critical condition from gunshot wounds to the chest and head as well as knife wounds to the back, according to Hill. Paramedics from North Webster EMS arrived and summoned Kosciusko County Coroner Michael Wilson, who pronounced Carmen dead at the scene. Also shot was Joseph A. Glant, 54, Warsaw, who was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and is listed in stable condition as of this morning. Two juvenile females, the daughters of Armontrout and Carman, were also at the scene. They were uninjured and placed into the custody of the Department of Child Services Wednesday evening. KCSD detectives, along with members of the Kosciusko County Major Crimes Unit, have determined that Armontrout broke into Carman’s residence earlier in the evening and hid in a bedroom closet. Carman, Glant and the two children later arrived and entered the home, at which point Armontrout suddenly exited the closet and discharged a 9mm handgun, striking Glant in his lower torso, according to information from Hill. Armontrout then reportedly discharged the handgun several times at Carman, striking him in the chest multiple times. Armontrout proceeded to stab Carman in the back with a knife as he stumbled down a hallway to the living room area. Armontrout followed Carman to the living room and proceeded to discharge the handgun, shooting Carman in the head multiple times “execution style,” according to Hill. At some point during the attack, Glant was able to flee the home and call 911. Police said the children remained in the home until officers arrived and came out when their mother surrendered. Crime Scene technicians had recovered both the firearm along with the knife at the scene, collaborating the witness’s information. No motive for the crime was immediately established, but officers had made previous visits to the residence to deal with domestic disturbances. KCSD was assisted in the investigation by officers from the North Webster Police Department, Syracuse Police Department, Winona Lake Police Department, Kosciusko County Prosecutor’s Office and the Indiana State Police.
