The suspect in an Arlandria shooting told the Alexandria Police Department that he was acting out of retaliation after the man he allegedly shot grabbed his girlfriend’s arm, according to recently released court records.
Jason Allen Johnson, Jr., 21, is being held without bond after allegedly shooting a man in the knee near an apartment complex in the 3800 block of Executive Avenue on the afternoon of Sunday, May 19.
Johnson’s girlfriend told him that a man grabbed her outside near her apartment building, she later told police.
Johnson told police that he left the apartment to confront the person who allegedly assaulted his girlfriend when he was approached by the victim and multiple other people.
“Mr. Johnson said he backed away, drew his firearm from his waistband, and tried to shoot the ground to warn (the victim),” police said in a search warrant affidavit. “He said he didn’t realize he struck (the victim) with the bullet.”
The victim was shot in the left knee, and witnesses told police that the suspect returned to a nearby basement apartment. APD then shut down Executive Avenue for two hours and surrounded the apartment building.
Johnson goes to court June 10 for malicious wounding, his first alleged use of a firearm in commission of a felony and carrying a concealed weapon.
There have been a number of recent crime incidents in Arlandria, including a man getting shot in the hand on May 31 and two women reporting a man pointing a gun at them as they tried to drive out of a parking lot in the 500 block of Four Mile Road.
