The Jersey Journal, 20-Dec-13
A reputed West Coast gang member wanted for murder in California was arrested
in Weehawken yesterday by Hudson County sheriff’s officers, authorities
said.
After six hours of surveillance, Donovan Blair Johnson, 22, of Los
Angeles, was arrested on Fulton Street at 10:30 p.m. by sheriff’s officers and
FBI agents who were working on a tip, a sheriff's office report says.
Johnson was wanted in connection to the Aug. 27 shooting in which a
16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man were gunned down on a Los Angeles street,
a police report says.
Authorities say he fired an AK-47 in a gang-related retaliation shooting. Two
more men, 19 and 18, were wounded, the report says.
After conducting surveillance at an apartment building on Fulton Street
Thursday, sheriff's officers entered the building and searched and apartment,
but did not find Johnson.
While searching the area around 10:30 p.m., officers were approached by a man
and they ordered him across the street because of the investigation, a report
says.
The man told the officers he lived in the building and when he identified
himself as Donovan Johnson, he was arrested, a report said.
Police in Los Angeles believe the double-murder was retaliation for the
shooting death of a gang member by a rival gang.
Hudson County Sheriff Frank Schillari praised the work of his officers, as
well as the FBI agents and law enforcement in Los Angeles.
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