Second man charged over shooting of BLM activist Sasha Johnson
A second man has been charged over the shooting of Black Lives Matter campaigner Sasha Johnson at a house party.
Devonte Brown, 18, of Southwark, south London was charged yesterday evening with conspiracy to murder and will appear in custody before magistrates today.
Ms Johnson, 27, was shot in the head during a silent disco in a back garden in Peckham, south London, in the early hours of May 23.
The Oxford graduate was among 30 guests when four men in dark clothing stormed through a side gate of the garden and shots were fired.
Ms Johnson, a member of the Taking The Initiative Party, is still fighting for her life in hospital nearly three weeks later.
Investigators are still trying to establish a motive behind the shooting but said there us nothing to suggest she was the intended target.
Her mother, Ellet Dalling, says the family is devastated and don’t know what to tell her two children who have been ‘asking where their mummy is’.
In a plea for more witnesses to come forward, she said: ‘Come forward to help us.
‘I know it is not always easy, but imagine if it was your daughter or the mother of your children. I believe there are people out there that can help.
‘Sasha is passionate about standing up for others, please come forward and stand up for Sasha.’
On May 26 five males were arrested in connection with the attack, four of whom were released on bail until later this month.
The fifth, Cameron Deriggs, 18, from Lewisham, south London, was charged with conspiracy to murder.
He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on May 29 and was remanded in custody before appearing at the Old Bailey on June 25.
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