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Md. man indicted in killing of FBI officer

WASHINGTON — A grand jury on Tuesday indicted a man who prosecutors say shot and killed an FBI officer who was leaving his Stafford County home in April.

A grand jury indicted Antoine Gray Johnson, 26, on capital murder charges for the April 27th shooting of FBI officer Jeremy Brown.

Investigators say Brown was in uniform and leaving his home early that morning when he was shot and killed.

The neighbors told investigators what they saw and shortly after, a sheriff’s deputy stopped and arrested Johnson who had a similar caliber gun to what was used in the shooting in his car.

Johnson told investigators he was a scorned lover following a recent break up with Brown, reports Fredericksburg.com.

Prosecutors say they won’t seek the death penalty, but if convicted, Johnson will face life in prison without the possibility of parole.

“The original charge of first degree murder has been upgraded to capital murder, alleging that the murder was committed during the commission of an attempted robbery,” writes Commonwealth’s Attorney for Stafford County Eric L. Olsen in a release.

Olsen says the decision to seek a capital murder case and not the death penalty was a “serious and sobering decision” and it was discussed with Brown’s family.

Amid controversy over memorials, group vows more Confederate battle flags along Va. highways

WASHINGTON — A Virginia group that puts up oversized Confederate battle flags on private property along highways across the state said it plans to install even more of them in response to an effort in Stafford County to get the flags that opponents call racist taken down. “The Va. Flaggers have no plans to remove any of our 26 Roadside Memorial Battle Flags across the Commonwealth, including the Fredericksburg Memorial Battle Flag on I-95 in Stafford County,” the Virginia Flaggers' spokesman Barry Isenhour said in a email statement provided to WTOP. “In fact, in light of the recent attempts by the Governor and a few local politicians to encourage the destruction of Confederate Memorials, we intend to fast track the installation of several new projects in the next few months.”
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