Police in Georgia believe gang members were involved in a Waffle House shooting that sent a woman to the hospital. And that it is related to other shootings in recent weeks.
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Kole Clayton Johnson, 23, Minot, is accused of putting a woman in a chokehold and causing her to briefly lose consciousness on Oct. 24 at the Sports on Tap bar. He is charged in district court in Minot with Class C felony aggravated assault.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed with the court, Johnson came up behind the woman and put her in a chokehold. She told him to stop and he did. A short time later he came up behind her again and put her in a chokehold and this time he did not stop even though both the woman and her friend told him to stop. She remembered knocking over some bar stools when she fell and believes she briefly passed out. She then regained consciousness. Surveillance video at the bar confirmed the woman’s story and showed Johnson talking to the woman and putting his right arm around her shoulder. The woman tried to pull away to go back to her friend and Johnson pulled her physically back toward him and transitioned into wh
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Kyran Martin Johnson, 24, Minot, is accused of strangling a male store clerk on Jan. 30 when the clerk refused to sell a woman cigarettes because she had an expired driver’s license and of interfering with two attempts to call 911.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed with the court, Johnson also allegedly threatened to kill the store clerk, ripped a screen monitor off the clerk’s table and knocked multiple display shelves onto the floor. Several other people in the store tried to pull Johnson off the clerk, who was on the floor and was not fighting back, and Johnson then left the store prior to the arrival of police.