U.S. District Judge Abdul K. Kallon sentenced Preston Chyenne Johnson, 38, 200 months – more than 16 years – for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Johnson on Oct. 31, 2019 – four months before Officer Nick O’Rear was killed – was in possession of an Anderson AM-15 5.6 mm rifle.
‘He was a hero’: Slain Kimberly Police Officer Nick O’Rear honored on first anniversary of his death
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
It was one year ago today that Kimberly Police Officer Nick O’Rear died after he was shot in the line of duty on Interstate 65.
Family, friends and coworkers gathered Friday in his memory to mark the solemn anniversary, and to see, for the first time, interstate signs that will be placed in his honor on the stretch of roadway where he was killed.
The Officer Nick O’Rear Memorial Highway is on I-65 between mile markers 280 and 281. The signs, which will be placed northbound and southbound, were unveiled by State Rep. Allen Treadaway, State Sen. Shay Shelnutt and Kimberly Mayor Bob Ellerbrook at a ceremony held at the Kimberly Fire Station.
Suspect indicted in shooting death of Kimberly police Officer Nick O’Rear
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
Preston Johnson, 37, is charged with capital murder in the slaying of Kimberly police Office Nick O Rear. (Jefferson County Jail)
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The suspect in the deadly shooting of an Alabama police officer earlier this year has been formally been indicted in the slaying.
A Jefferson County grand jury indicted Preston Johnson, 38, on three counts of capital murder, attempted murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle in the death of Kimberly police Officer Nick O’Rear and the attempted murder of Warrior police Officer Lee Glenn.