Killer in ambush may be charged in Michigan and Wisconsin

[Ian David]

By Gina Damron and John Wisely • Free Press Staff Writers • August 2, 2008

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Brent DeBord, district attorney for Wisconsin’s Marinette County, said this morning that Johnson wouldn’t be arraigned until sometime early next week, possibly Monday. He said his office is working with Michigan’s Dickenson County Prosecutor’s Office to hash out jurisdictional issues. Since the crime happened on the river, which divides the two states, DeBord said it’s possible Johnson could be charged in both states. But, DeBord said the shots were fired from the Wisconsin side of the river.

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DeBord said Johnson did have some military experience, though he wasn’t sure what branch he served in and when.

Brian Messicotte, 37, who graduated with Johnson from Kingsford High School in 1989, said Johnson was the class clown and the guy known for throwing spit wads at the chalkboard.

Standing outside of a Wal-Mart gas station in Iron Mountain this morning, Messicotte said that in high school Johnson was always getting into fights and liked guns and knives.


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Woman says man held in Wisconsin shootings raped her
By JAMES A. CARLSON Associated Press
Aug. 2, 2008, 8:04AM

MILWAUKEE — A woman said a man suspected of opening fire on a group of young adults, killing three, had raped her the night before in the same northern Wisconsin woods where the victims were slain.

The woman said she told her parents about the assault, and they reported it to authorities. She said officers came to her home late Thursday, mentioned the shootings that occurred earlier that day along a riverbank in the town of Niagara — near the same spot where she claimed to have been sexually assaulted — and asked her to describe her attacker.

The suspect, whom the woman described as a casual friend, was arrested Friday after he emerged from the woods following an all-night manhunt.

Scott J. Johnson, 38, was being held in jail Friday night to await an initial court appearance. He had not been formally charged in the shootings.



Marinette County Jail AP - This image provided Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, by the Marinette County Jail shows Scott J. Johnson. Johnson, 38, of Iron Mountain, Mich., was arrested on Friday in the shooting deaths of three teenagers after opening fire with an assault rifle on a group of young swimmers.

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Details emerge about the Wisconsin killing of 3 teens at the Michigan border.
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[benEzra]

1. That is just evil.

I am glad he was caught, and I hope justice is served, somehow.

I am curious about the prior military experience, and I hope we get more details on this soon.

[2KS2KHonda]

2. He looks like a completely ordinary guy. I wonder what made him snap.

What a horrible thing. For everybody concerned.
:cry: