Man sentenced to 55 years road rage shooting death
James Olson
Updated on April 05, 2026
On Feb. 17, 2019, Dustin Passarelli followed 32-year-old Mustafa Ayoubi off Interstate 465 on the northwest side and got into a verbal altercation.
Witnesses said Passarelli made several Islamophobic remarks and used hate speech before fatally shooting Ayoubi.
At the time, Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry said although the killing cannot be tried as a hate crime in Indiana, he would "vigorously prosecute" Passarelli to get justice for Ayoubi, his loved ones and the Indiana Muslim community.
Passarelli was convicted of murder after a three-day trial in May.
