Local News in Brief : Escapee Sought in Murder
An Inglewood gang member who escaped from a Southern California prison where he was sentenced for manslaughter was sought Wednesday by police in Shreveport, La., in connection with a weekend drug-related murder.
Detective A.J. Price identified the suspect as Roy “JoJo” Ward, 18, a member of the Bloods gang. Ward is believed to be the trigger man in the weekend killing of Jessie Hall, Price said.
Elijah Johnson, 17, of Shreveport, was charged Monday with second-degree murder in the shooting. Johnson, Ward and Hall were dealing rock cocaine at the time of the shooting, investigators said.
Ward escaped from prison in January, where he was serving a manslaughter sentence as a juvenile for the shotgun killing of a woman, Price said.
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