Police: Video Shows Woman, Car Following Tinsley

INDIANAPOLIS -- Surveillance video shows a woman and a car that police are seeking in a probe of a shooting that targeted Indiana Pacers player Jamaal Tinsley last weekend, authorities said Thursday.

People who had taunted Tinsley and his companions at a west-side Indianapolis nightclub early Sunday followed his group to a gas station and continued to taunt him as his vehicle was being fueled, police said.

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Slideshow: Video Shows Woman, Car Shadowing Tinsley, Police Say

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Surveillance video from the Marathon gas station at 38th Street and High School Road shows one of the taunters' vehicles -- a silver Chrysler 300 -- parked near Tinsley's Rolls Royce, police said. The video also shows a woman (pictured) exiting the Chrysler, according to police.

Later that morning, the Chrysler and a dark pickup truck followed Tinsley's group of three vehicles downtown, and someone from the pickup fired an assault rifle, hitting two of Tinsley's vehicles and wounding Pacers equipment manager Joey Qatato -- who was riding with Tinsley in the Rolls Royce -- in the elbows in front of the Conrad Hotel, police said.

Police released the gas station surveillance video to the news media, saying they hope the public will help them find the Chrysler 300 and the woman.

"I've already got statements from everybody from (Tinsley's) side of this altercation. I'd like to talk to her and the people involved in the Chrysler 300 to see if there's anything else that we don't know about," Indianapolis police Detective Steve Walters said.

Taunting At Club Preceded Shooting

Well before the shooting, Tinsley's group had arrived at the Cloud 9 club in three cars owned by Tinsley -- a Mercedes, a Rolls-Royce and a Dodge Charger. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. Paul Thompson has said a group of people gathered around the Rolls-Royce and gave Tinsley a hard time about his cars and his earnings.

After Tinsley and his entourage left, they realized they were being followed by a gray Chrysler and a dark pickup truck, Thompson said this week.

Instead of going to Tinsley's downtown home, Tinsley's group pulled into the Conrad Hotel, a downtown luxury hotel. Tinsley said he thought that if his group pulled into a public place, the pursuit would end.

Thompson said Tinsley's vehicles were struck by shots from a .223 assault rifle.

Qatato, who was shot in both elbows, was taken to Methodist Hospital, where he was treated and released.

Two vehicles in Tinsley's group followed the shooters and Tinsley's brother, James, fired at the attackers with a 9 mm handgun, police said. Police said they don't know whether James Tinsley shot anyone, and no charges have been filed against him.

Police said Jamaal Tinsley was not involved in the chase.

The Pacers have said they would not punish Tinsley for the incident.