A second teenager has been charged with conspiracy to murder over the shooting of black equal rights activist Sasha Johnson, who remains in a critical condition in hospital, police said.
Second teenager charged over London shooting of BLM activist
June 12, 2021
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LONDON (AP) A second teenager appeared in court Saturday on a charge of conspiracy to murder over the shooting in south London last month of Sasha Johnson, a prominent member of the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.K.
The Metropolitan Police said 18-year-old Devonte Brown was charged on Friday evening. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court and was remanded into custody with an order to appear at the Old Bailey courthouse on July 7.
Johnson, a mother of two, was shot in the head at a house party in Peckham in the early hours of May 23 when four men burst into the party and began firing,, witnesses told police. She remains hospitalized in critical condition.