Jaylen Johnson charged with manslaughter after shooting death of his mother at their home’s back door in St Louis suburb

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.

  • JCreazy@midwest.socialEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I hate when Missouri ends up in the news for stupid things. I promise, we aren’t all idiots.

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Oh yeah? Name 3 things that is great about Missouri!

      No seriously, I’m asking because I have a friend who feels the same way, and I want to go, “Well, you still have (3 things here)” and cheer them up.

      • PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        The Italian food in STL is top notch, Lake of the Ozarks is fantastic, Mark Twain Ntl forest is gorgeous, the Katy trail linking towns and wineries from STL to Jefferson City is very special, and they never get wildfires or droughts :)