DA Warren Montgomery reported last week that a Washington Parish jury unanimously found 23 YO Kelton L. Johnson guilty of Manslaughter.
He faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on October 23.
District Judge Alan A. Zaunbrecher presided over the trial.
In April of 2021, the Bogalusa Police Department received multiple 9-1-1 calls in reference to a shooting in front of the “green store” on Sabine Street in Bogalusa. Officers responded and found the victim, Montrell Quinn, of Bogalusa, in the parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds. They found a gun in his back pocket. He was transported to Our Lady of the Angels Hospital in Bogalusa. He had three gunshot wounds, including one to the chest, which caused his death.
Assistant District Attorneys Jason Cuccia and Doug Freese prosecuted the case. The following Bogalusa Police Department officers and detectives investigated the case: Det. Lt. Casey Hidalgo, Lt. Mitchell Castleberry and Officers Chris McClelland and Dillon Miller (now with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office.) Ms. Cheryl Swearingen, a firearms expert and Dr. Christy Cunningham, the forensic pathologist, were among the witnesses who testified at the trial.
