A Shreveport man who shot and killed his older brother after an argument in 2023 pleaded guilty to the slaying in Caddo District Court Wednesday, October 16, 2024.

 

LilAnthony Johnson, 21, pleaded guilty to manslaughter before District Judge Chris Victory and was sentenced to 20 years in prison at hard labor.

 

Johnson was accused of shooting his brother LilCharles Johnson, 24, on May 30, 2023 near Monkhouse Drive in west Shreveport, following a verbal and physical altercation. The brothers repeatedly pushed and shoved one another and efforts by bystanders to separate them and defuse the situation were to no avail. Finally, LilAnthony Johnson pulled out a firearm and fired multiple shots at his brother. LilAnthony then fled, but was later apprehended. LilCharles was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.

 

The plea to manslaughter and the sentence were approved by the victim’s family.

 

LilAnthony Johnson was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Victoria Washington. He was defended by Michael Enright.

The case was docket No. 395967.

 

-30-