Man pleads guilty to involvement in 2019 killing of Marshall Terrell Johnson Share Updated: 4:02 PM CDT Apr 24, 2021 Sarah Muller Share Updated: 4:02 PM CDT Apr 24, 2021
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Show Transcript NOW POLICE ARE TELLING US THE TWO SUSPECTS IN THE CASE WERE ALREADY BEHIND BARS. POLICE HAVE CHARGED TWO HOMELESS MEN WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN LATE JULY, THEY’RE ACCUSED OF KILLING 23-YEAR-OLD DES MOINES RESIDENT MARSHAL AARON TERRELL JOHNSON IN A HOMELESS CAMP IN THE WOODS JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN. WE KNOW THERE WAS SOME SORT OF DISPUTE, BUT I DON’T THINK WE ARE EVER GOING TO WRAP OUR BRAINS AROUND ANYTHING THAT WOULD PROVOKE THIS TYPE OF RESPONSE. TODD: POLICE SAY THE KILLING WAS BRUTAL. THEY SAY NORRIS SHOT MARSHALL JOHNSON IN THE HEAD. THEN FREELAND SHOT HIM IN THE TORSO. THEN NORRIS CUT HIS NECK WITH A SHARP OBJECT. BOTH MEN THEN WRAPPED THE DEAD MAN IN PLASTIC AND TRIED TO BURY HIM. OVER SEVERAL DAYS THEY TRIED TO BURN THE