Two more little girls will be growing up with out their father.
While on a walk with his family, Deveraux Christopher Johnson got in an argument with Nathan Morris.
The crime?
One of his little girls touched the mulch in Johnson’s yard.
Wisely, he sent his family home while tried to calm the neighbor down.
But it was to no avail.
It seems even perception of disrespect is met with violence.
So, Deveraux Johnson pulled out a gun and fired multiple times.
Once police arrived he was rushed to the hospital, but Morris didn’t survive.
Johnson was hiding in his house.
But once he came out, he loudly proclaimed, “Praise God Almighty!”
New York Post reports:
A father of two young girls was allegedly shot dead by a neighbor who angrily confronted him after his daughter “touched the mulch” in his yard while the family was on a walk in their suburban Michigan neighborhood.
Nathan Morris, 35, was on a walk with his wife and daughters, ages 2 and 5, near their home in Canton just before noon Saturday when police say their neighbor Deveraux Christopher Johnson, 47, confronted him and the two got into an argument, Fox 2 Detroit reported.
Johnson was reportedly upset that Morris’ daughter “touched the mulch” on his property, the Michigan GOP wrote about Morris, a party member involved in local politics.
“The neighbor took a gun out and started threatening the family,” the post alleged.
“Nathan sent his family home and said that he would try and [defuse] the situation, but instead was shot and killed.”
Johnson fired multiple times, killing Morris, who was unarmed, prosecutors said.
When Canton police officers arrived, they discovered Morris with a gunshot wound in the street while the suspect had barricaded himself inside his home.
Morris was taken to a hospital, where he later died, police said.
After several orders to surrender, Johnson came out of his house repeatedly saying, “Praise to God Almighty” and was taken into custody. He was charged with first-degree murder and other felonies.
Morris, who worked at Ford as an engineer, recently got into politics and was affiliated with the Michigan GOP in Wayne.
Johnson, who lived in the neighborhood for 12 years, had on multiple occasions assaulted neighbors, as well as police officers, officials told Fox.
He also has criminal sexual conduct charges from the 1990s.
Is he raising his hands to surrender?
Or is he praising God that he committed murder?
