FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A man was found guilty of murder in the 2023 March shooting of another man at a card party. Friday, Jericho Simmons, was found guilty of murder in the shooting death of 29-year-old Timothy Leroy Coats while at a card party. Simmons faces 45 to 85 years in prison. ‘Someone pulled out a gun and shot him’: Cards and calm right before shooting west of Fort Wayne Jerico Simmons According to Allen County Circuit Court documents, the group had been drinking, smoking and playing cards in a woman’s garage off Illinois Road, when Simmons stood up and pulled a gun out of the waistband of his pants, shooting Coats in the head. Coats was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced brain dead and later taken off life support. Coats' death was later ruled a homicide by the Allen County Coroner. After fleeing from the home, Simmons was found in Grant County where he had been involved in a crash on Interstate 69 near the 263-mile marker by Marion. Medics took Simmons to the hospital to be treated for injuries, court documents said. K-9 units, deployed at the crash, later found a semi-automatic pistol near the crash site according to court documents. Simmons was also found guilty of an enhancement charge of using a firearm in the commission of a crime, which can add up to five years. Simmons is set to be sentenced on Nov. 21.