Hate crime charge added to shooting case

By MELINDA WILLIAMS

melinda@www.southwesttimes.com

A Pulaski woman who allegedly shot her African American boyfriend and then referred to him by the “n” word in police interviews is now facing a hate crime charge.

Under indictments handed down by a Pulaski County grand jury in April, and unsealed Tuesday, Kimberly Lynn Johnson, 41, stands charged with assault and battery as a hate crime, attempted murder, aggravated malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The attempted murder and hate crime charges are new.

Johnson continues to be held without bond at New River Valley Regional Jail, where she was taken following the Nov. 21 shooting of Reginald Hoston, 37, of Pembroke.

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Written by: Editor on May 5, 2016.

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