Shreveport Police Department
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: May 13, 2002
Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer
318/673-6932
Police arrest second suspect in airman’s murder
(Photo of Jones CANNOT be released at this time)
Shreveport detectives have arrested a second suspect in the murder of a 19-year-old airman from Mississippi who was found murdered near a trail off Coate’s Bluff Drive last week.
Maveon Jones, 23, of the 1300 block of Louis Street in Shreveport, is charged with first-degree murder for the shooting death of 19-year-old Johnny L. Johnson Jr.
Robbery is believed to be the motive in this case, and police discovered that the victim’s credit cards were used at various places around town following Johnson’s death.
Johnson’s body was found Thursday morning by two men riding bicycles in the woods. He was positively identified late Friday night by using fingerprints.
Another suspect, 18-year-old Marquita R. Robinson of the 3300 block of Ironwood Street in Shreveport was arrested Sunday evening on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with Johnson’s death.
Arrest warrants are forthcoming on other suspects believed to be involved in the murder. The investigation continues into the particular facts of this case.
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