Indy Radio: Man Charged With Attempting To Murder Ron Sexton

Ron Sexton

The man accused of shooting at a local radio personality now faces an attempted murder charge, reports WTHR TV...

IMPD investigators say Paul Berkemeier shot at an SUV driven by Ronald Sexton early in the morning of Dec. 11 on the northeast side of Indianapolis.

Sexton, a stand-up comedian who is known for his "Donnie Baker" character on "The BOB & TOM Show," said after the shooting he counted nine holes in his rental car and that he believed he knew the shooter.

In court documents released this week, Sexton told police he had driven to Indianapolis after performing in Portland, Indiana and made plans to meet Berkemeier's wife, with whom he was having an affair. Sexton, who is also married, referred to Mrs. Berkemeier as his "girlfriend" during an interview with an IMPD detective.

The pair met at a bar and grill, then left in separate cars a short time later, reportedly planning to leave Mrs. Berkemeier's car in the parking garage at Community North Hospital.

Sexton told police as he drove toward Community North, a vehicle pulled up on his left and he "immediately recognized the driver to be Mrs. Berkemeier's husband, Paul Berkemeier," whom he had seen on several occasions before.

Sexton had filed a police report in October 2021 after Paul Berkemeier "attacked him" and that Berkemeier had made threats toward Sexton and his family in the past.

Sexton told police he saw Berkemeier raise a gun and heard several "pops" before hearing what he believed was a bullet hitting his windshield. Sexton's face was struck with shattered glass, injuring his ear and cheek.

"It wasn't a scare tactic, he was trying to make sure that I was dead. He was trying to kill me, there's no doubt," Sexton said in a December interview.

Berkemeier's wife corroborated Sexton's story.