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Missouri man fatally shoots his mother at home after mistaking her for intruder
Jaylen Johnson charged with manslaughter after shooting death of his mother at their home’s back door in St Louis suburb
Guardian staff and agencies
Sun 10 Mar 2024 19.51 GMT
A 25-year-old
Missouri man says he mistook his mother for an intruder before shooting her to death at their home’s back door.
Prosecutors have charged Jaylen Johnson with manslaughter and armed criminal action in connection with the shooting death on Thursday of his mother, Monica McNichols-Johnson.
McNichols-Johnson’s shooting death came less than a year after another shooting in Missouri saw
Ralph Yarl, then 16, get shot on 13 April by 84-year-old Andrew Lester after ringing the wrong doorbell while picking up his siblings.
Lester also claimed he believed he was facing an intruder when he fired at the teenager through a glass door. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action.