32-Year-Old Female Officer Faints In Court After Being Found Guilty Of Murdering Her Husband After She Shot Him In The Head!
“A former highway patrol officer was found guilty today of killing her husband three years ago by shooting him in the head while they sat in their car on a freeway off-ramp. Tomiekia Johnson, 32, was convicted of first- degree murder and faces 50 years to life in prison when sentenced on March 9. Johnson collapsed and fell under a table while the verdict was being read at a courtroom in Los Angeles. The room was cleared and she was removed on a stretcher but her condition was not immediately known. Johnson shot her husband Marcus Lemons once in the head in February 2009, then drove to her parents’ home in Compton with her husband’s body in the passenger seat. Johnson reported the shooting, telling investigators she shot her husband in self-defense after the couple argued, he threatened to kill her and began choking her. She testified during the trial that she and her husband had been for a few drinks at a restaurant that evening before setting off on the drive home. They started to fight, she pulled over into a lay- by and told her husband to get out of the car but he grabbed the keys from the ignition. A struggle over her purse, which contained a handgun, ensued between the couple and fearing for her life she shot him, Johnson said. She told jurors: ‘I was scared. I didn’t want to die. When I grabbed it tight, it fired.’ Prosecutors argued the shooting was not an accident and called witnesses who said Johnson tended to drink excessively and was aggressive. Forensic evidence and testimony revealed that Johnson fired an intentional contact shot, prosecutors said. Johnson was still a CHP officer at the time of the off-duty shooting.” Read More
