By Pat Culverhouse

A second Minden man wanted in connection with a January incident where shots were fired into an occupied vehicle has turned himself in to Minden police.

Chief of Police Jared McIver said 20-year-old Darius Johnson surrendered to authorities Monday. He is charged with two counts of principle to attempted second degree murder and principle to aggravated criminal damage to property.

Johnson reportedly is being held at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center where his bond has been set at $375,000.

“Johnson said he saw the article in the ‘Most Wanted’ section of the Webster Parish Journal and needed time to say goodbye to his family,” said Det. Lt. Jason Smith. “We now have both parties in this crime in custody.”

Johnson is accused of providing 17-year-old Devonte Richardson the weapon Richardson allegedly used in the January shooting incident on Sims St. At least three shots reportedly struck the vehicle but no one was hit.

Richardson turned himself in last week after reading the WPJ “Most Wanted” edition where he and Johnson were featured. Richardson had fled to Arlington, Texas to avoid arrest, but returned to Minden and is now in custody in Jackson Parish. His bond has been set at $250,000.

This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.