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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The antheral accused of fatally shooting 70-year-old Carl Johnson made his archetypal tribunal quality Tuesday morning, arsenic the victim’s grieving family filled the courtroom wearing matching bluish shirts that work “Justice for Carl.”
Forty-six-year-old Stewart Coleman appeared successful a Fresno County courtroom for his arraignment, conscionable days aft Johnson was recovered with a gunshot coiled successful the backyard of a location adjacent Cleo and Roberts avenues.
Police accidental the incidental happened Saturday morning, erstwhile officers responded to reports of a shooting astatine a location successful the 5600 artifact of North Cleo Avenue. When they arrived, they recovered Johnson suffering from a gunshot coiled successful the backyard. He was transported to the infirmary but aboriginal died from his injuries.
Although the arraignment was yet continued to Aug. 14, Johnson’s household inactive showed up successful afloat support, determined to question justness and grant the antheral they telephone the “leader of the family.”
“All we person is each different close now, due to the fact that we mislaid the person of our family,” said John Johnson, Carl’s son. “All I could deliberation astir is Dad. I honestly didn’t look astatine [the suspect] once.”
Through tears, helium described the affectional toll the past fewer days person taken.
“I’m not beardown capable to woody with this,” helium said. “So I spell to my sister and my mom, my brothers and cousins—everyone present down me.”
Coleman appeared successful tribunal wearing a reddish jail-issued jumpsuit, his hands shackled astatine the waist. At times, helium appeared to combat backmost emotion but said little. Prosecutors and the defence some agreed to proceed the arraignment to adjacent week.
According to investigators, Johnson was invited to Coleman’s location by Coleman’s mother. She had asked him to travel by and look astatine immoderate sportfishing instrumentality that had belonged to her precocious husband, who was besides a longtime person and sportfishing buddy of Carl Johnson. At immoderate point, constabulary accidental Coleman began to reason with Carl and erstwhile Carl tried to leave, Coleman changeable him.
The lawsuit has near the household devastated—but united.
“Right here, my dad, he’s close here,” Johnson’s lad said, motioning to his heart. “And he’s going to propulsion america each done this.”
Detectives with the Fresno Police Department are inactive investigating the lawsuit and impulse anyone with further accusation to travel forward.
