Pregnant woman killed by teens who opened fire on car in case of mistaken identity.
Baton Rouge police arrested three teenagers in connection with the shooting. Marques Porch, Gregory Parker and Derrick Curry, all 19, were charged with second-degree murder and first-degree feticide, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department.
Kerisha Johnson, 36, was found dead in her car after she was shot early Sunday morning while trying to pick up partygoers at a “teen party” in Baton Rouge, according to an arrest warrant obtained by ABC News.
“It was just senseless,” Deanna Williams, a childhood friend of Johnson, told WBRZ. “She was an innocent person.”
Johnson was “due to give birth within several days.” Police arrested three 19-year-olds in connection to the shooting: Marques Porch, Gregory Parker, and Derrick Curry.
Police said that Johnson was driving to the party when “several individuals” shot at her white sedan. The shooters apparently believed the car belonged to someone else.
A similar car had fired shots in the air while driving by the party earlier in the night, according to the warrant.
“It was just senseless,” Deanna Williams, a childhood friend of Johnson, told Baton Rouge ABC affiliate WBRZ. “She was an innocent person.”
The alleged gunmen were captured on video footage “raising firearms, pointing them at the victim’s vehicle and then firing,” before fleeing the scene, according to the warrant.
They allegedly told detectives they were armed at the time of the shooting, according to the warrant.
“They all stated that they believed the white car was a vehicle from earlier in the night where [an] occupant had fired a round into the air as it drove past the teen party,” the warrant stated.
Porch allegedly told authorities he provided the firearms to the other two teens before the shooting, according to the warrant. He was shot but sustained non-life-threatening injuries while fleeing the scene, police said.
