NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Charges against a 19-year-old man accused in a drive-by shooting that killed an off-duty police officer and wounded two other people were upgraded Saturday to include murder, a prosecutor said.
Rasul McNeill-Thomas was being charged with first-degree murder in the death of Officer William Johnson, said Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carol A. Murray. He was arrested at his Newark home on Friday evening.
Johnson, a 16-year police veteran, was standing at the counter of a neighborhood fast-food joint to grab a slice of pizza when he was shot. Two other people were wounded.
McNeill-Thomas was also charged with two counts of aggravated assault, carjacking …
No comments:
Post a Comment