Man arrested in King Day shooting

Johnson is escorted by Louisiana police

January 20, 1998
Web posted at: 10:04 a.m. EST (1504 GMT)

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (CNN) -- Brandon Lionel Johnson, 19, was in custody Tuesday, charged with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder after he allegedly opened fire at a Martin Luther King Day parade in Baton Rouge over a dispute with a friend, police said.

Johnson was brought in by family members overnight and was to be arraigned later Tuesday.

The scene was chaotic as medical attendants helped the wounded on Monday
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The dead man was identified as J.B. Carter, 20, who was walking beside parade participants when he was shot.

The wounded children included a 7-year-old girl listed in critical but stable condition with a gunshot wound to the back, an 11-year-old girl in stable condition with a gunshot wound to the thigh and a grazed finger, and a 9-year-old boy shot in the leg and described in stable condition.

The scene was chaotic as medical attendants helped the wounded on Monday

Baton Rouge police chief Greg Phares said there was "no racial or political or hate crime" motive for the shooting. Police said the shooting resulted from a personal feud. The victims and the suspected shooter all were African American.

"Two or more of the participants in the march -- young men -- had an argument," Baton Rouge Police Cpl. Don Kelly said, "possibly a running feud that escalated into a fight and shooting, with one of them pulling out a gun and firing shots.

"Based on our information, it was strictly a personal dispute between two or more people," Kelly said.

Related stories:

• Personal feud behind deadly MLK parade shooting - January 19, 1998
• 1 killed, 3 wounded by gunman at MLK parade - January 19, 1998

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