Homicide Defendant Pleads Guilty

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A homicide defendant pleaded guilty before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe on Dec. 17.

Antonio Johnson, 32, was originally charged with second-degree murder while armed for his involvement in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Marcellus Jackson on June 20 on the 4400 block of Hunt Place, NE.

According to court documents, the shooting stemmed from a verbal dispute between Jackson and Johnson. Johnson’s child’s mother told the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) that, following the shooting, Johnson ran into her apartment and took her car keys to flee the scene.

During the hearing, Kevin Mosley, Johnson’s attorney, alerted Judge O’Keefe he planned to accept the plea deal extended by prosecutors, which required him to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed in exchange for the prosecution not seeking an indictment.

Parties are slated to reconvene March 18 for sentencing.

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