Jaylen Johnson charged with manslaughter after shooting death of his mother at their home’s back door in St Louis suburb

A 25-year-old Missouri man says he mistook his mother for an intruder before shooting her to death at their home’s back door.

Prosecutors have charged Jaylen Johnson with manslaughter and armed criminal action in connection with the shooting death on Thursday of his mother, Monica McNichols-Johnson.

McNichols-Johnson’s shooting death came less than a year after another shooting in Missouri saw Ralph Yarl, then 16, get shot on 13 April by 84-year-old Andrew Lester after ringing the wrong doorbell while picking up his siblings.

  • Flying Squid
    21•3 months ago

    I explained the Castle Doctrine to my daughter not too long ago. I just love explaining to her why this sort of thing happens in America.

    • @Moneo
      1•3 months ago

      At least you don’t have to explain to her that some people feel better living as a gender different from the one they were assigned at birth.

      • Flying Squid
        2•3 months ago

        You’re right, because she already understands that.

    • @yamanii
      -1•3 months ago

      How is he being charged then? I don’t get it.

      • Schadrach
        1•3 months ago

        It’s her home. Castle doctrine only applies to people who have unlawfully entered your home. If you don’t want to be legally shot by someone invoking the castle doctrine as a defense, don’t unlawfully enter their home.