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Nijay Johnson, 23 of Columbus, received a 30-year sentence after pleading guilty to a 2024 first-degree felony murder charge, Monday, Feb. 2.
In the early hours of Sept. 29, 2024, Johnson, 21 at the time, fired multiple shots at Keandre Hurd, 26 of Columbus, near an alley in the 1600 block of Fannin Street in Columbus, according to Columbus Police Department. Columbus PD responded to a call about a shooting and found Hurd with a gunshot wound to his neck. Hurd was transported to Columbus Community Hospital but later died from his injuries.
County prosecutor Dawson Townsend provided more details about the case. Columbus PD later learned that Hurd was driving a vehicle on Bonham Street with a passenger and that three people were walking in an alley behind 1538 Fannin Street.
