Thursday, April 1, 2021

Homicide Suspect In-Custody

On March 30, 2021 around 7:45 p.m. Mesa Police Officers responded to 901 S. Country Club Dr for reports of shots fired.  Minutes after officers arrived, they located 23-year-old Ronnie Teran with gunshot wounds to his body. Ronnie was pronounced deceased on scene.   

Evidence collected on scene led officers to a person of interest, whom they located at a local motel in Mesa.  A traffic stop was attempted on a vehicle with the person of interest and two males inside. The vehicle fled from police and drove down an alleyway in Tempe.  The vehicle struck a detective’s vehicle at more than 50mph, all three subjects were detained.  

The officer sustained minor injuries from the collision. 

One of the males was identified as 31-year-old Jamar Johnson and the person of interest was his girlfriend.  

Officers interviewed Jamar and he admitted to shooting Ronnie. Jamar told officers that he did not stop for them during the traffic stop because he was afraid of being caught with the murder weapon.  

Officers located a gun in the alleyway where the vehicle was stopped.  

Jamar was booked into jail for the following charges: 

1ct Second Degree Murder, ARS 13-1104A2, a class 1 felony

1ct Aggravated Assault, ARS 13-1204A2, a class 2 felony

1ct Failure to Yield to Law Enforcement, ARS 28-622.01, a class 5 felony   



   

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