“Is that a reason to shoot somebody?” Schaumann asked.

“I was awfully upset,” Epps said. “I’m awfully sorry.”

Epps told Schaumann he had “no doubt” about pleading guilty. After the judge read each charge, Epps responded emphatically, “Guilty as charged.”

Asked about any health problems, Epps told the judge he took “plenty” of medications to treat four blood clots stemming from being hit by a bus.

Police have said Epps had reported a break-in at his apartment and items missing in the days before the shooting.

He first fired several shots at a woman near her apartment, then went to the leasing office and pointed a revolver at another person before shooting Johnson. It was about 1 p.m.

Johnson, who lived in the 3800 block of McRee Avenue, was found dead in a hallway of the senior housing complex at 1410 Ohio Avenue.