Sources say shooter had a concealed carry permit, pulled his gun after Billy Ray Johnson pulled a gun on him

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IT WAS FOU OF THEM. >> PLEASE FLOODED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR 42ND AND SILVER SPRING. BRANDY JOHNSON TOOK THE CELL PHONE VIDEO OF SOMEONE SHOUTING KILLED. THAT TURNED OUT TO BE HER BROTHER, BILLY RAGE JOHNSON. 12 NEWS HAS LEARNED THE DEADLY SHOOTING STEM FROM A CAR BREAK-IN. SOURCES TELL ME AN ELDERLY NEIGHBORHOOD CONFRONTED JOHNSON AS HE RUMMAGED THROUGH HIS CAR. POLICE ARRESTED A 79-YEAR-OLD MAN. WE SPOKE TO HIM BY PHONE. HE WAS TOLD NOT TO COMMENT BECAUSE IT IS AN ONGOING SOURCES SAY HE HAS CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT AND PULLED OUT A GUN WHEN JOHNSON PULLED OUT A GUN ON HIM. TURNS OUT JOHNSON’S GUN WAS A PAINTBALL GUN. HIS FAMILY SAYS THEY’VE NEVER HAD ISSUES WITH HIS NEIGHBOR- BEFORE.UES WITH HIS NEIGHBOR- >> I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW HE KILLS HIM IN HIS OWN YARD. MY BROTHER DON’ CARRY GUARDS. MY BROTHER IS ON A FIVE-YEAR-OLD READING LEVEL. >> ARE YOU HOPING HE IS CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE? YES, YOU KILLED MY BROTHER IN OUR YARD, OUR HOUSE. JOYCE: THI SHOOTER IS NOT IN POLICE CUSTODY. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'

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A 79-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting a man suspected of breaking into his car.The shooting happened about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday near North 42nd Street and West Silver Spring Drive in Milwaukee."I heard gunshots. It was four of them," Brandy Johnson said. "I seen somebody laying right there. I didn't know who it was."The victim turned out to be her 20-year-old brother, Billy Ray Johnson."The whole time, it was my brother," she said. "My brother was laying right there by himself."WISN 12 News learned the deadly shooting stemmed from a car break-in.Sources said Billy Ray Johnson's neighbor confronted him as he rummaged through the neighbor's car.Police arrested the shooter at the scene, but he has since been released.The man told WISN 12 News he couldn't comment on the shooting.Sources said the shooter has a concealed carry permit and pulled his gun after Billy Ray Johnson pulled a gun on him.That gun turned out to be a paintball gun.Billy Ray Johnson's family said they've never had any issues with the neighbor before."I don't understand how it goes from being a burglary to you killing him in his own yard," Brandy Johnson said. "My brother don't carry guns. My brother don't do none of that. My brother's at a 5-year-old reading level. He play with Nerf guns."She said she hoped homicide charges will be filed."(You) gunned him down in my yard," Brandy Johnson said. "You killed my brother in our yard, our house."The district attorney is reviewing the case.WISN 12 News is not identifying the shooter because he has not been charged with a crime.