--- description: A New York man who is accused of gunning down a UPS driver believes he killed President-elect Donald Trump instead, prosecutors said. title: Man Accused of Murder Believes He Shot, Killed Donald Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ada9ad489799555/6988b3ace20a87b53ea9395b/justin-barkley.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Accused of Murder Believes He Shot and Killed Donald Trump  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 21, 2016 3:57 PM CUT  Justin Barkley Justin BarkleyIthaca Police Department  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 21, 2016 3:57 PM CUT A New York man who is accused of gunning down a UPS driver [believes he killed President-elect Donald Trump](http://ithacavoice.com/2016/12/man-accused-ithaca-homicide-shot-killed-donald-trump-purposely-intentionally-proudly/ "undefined") instead, he said in court this week. Justin Barkley, 38, said during his indictment in court Monday that he “purposefully” plotted to shoot and kill Trump and “very proudly” did so on Dec. 8 in a parking lot of an upstate Walmart store, the Ithaca _Voice_ reported. “I went there to purposely shoot and kill him and put him down,” Barkley said, according to the newspaper. “I shot and killed Donald Trump purposely, intentionally and very proudly.” Barkley faces murder and other charges for fatally shooting [William Schumacher](http://ithacavoice.com/2016/12/7-questions-answered-ithaca-homicide/ "undefined"), a 52-year-old UPS driver whom he’d never met, and then running him over. He attempted to plead guilty to murder but a judge adjourned the court indictment to Jan. 6 and ordered a competency examination for Barkley, Acting District Attorney Andrew Bonavia told [12 News](http://www.wbng.com/story/34097663/das-office-dryden-man-said-he-believed-he-shot-killed-donald-trump "undefined"). \[[_Ithaca Voice_](http://ithacavoice.com/2016/12/man-accused-ithaca-homicide-shot-killed-donald-trump-purposely-intentionally-proudly/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4609110/man-believes-shot-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4609110/man-believes-shot-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Man Accused of Murder Believes He Shot and Killed Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-12-21T15:57:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:32:34.734Z","description":"\"I shot and killed Donald Trump purposely, intentionally and very proudly\"","url":"https://time.com/4609110/man-believes-shot-donald-trump/","keywords":["Crime","New York","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ada9ad489799555/6988b3ace20a87b53ea9395b/justin-barkley.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ada9ad489799555/6988b3ace20a87b53ea9395b/justin-barkley.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"justin-barkley","caption":"Justin Barkley","creditText":"Ithaca Police Department","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4609110/man-believes-shot-donald-trump/","name":"Man Accused of Murder Believes He Shot and Killed Donald Trump"}}]}] ```