‘Claim responsibility’: Man pleads guilty to murder after hitting 70-year-old man

Robert Johnson read an apology aloud in court as he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for hitting and killing a 70-year-old pedestrian with his car.

James Harris was walking home from the library on East Garrison Boulevard in July. Video shows him crossing the road at a crosswalk, prosecutors said, when Johnson ran a red light and hit and killed Harris with his car.

Witnesses told police that Johnson was speeding at the time. His blood alcohol level was .3% at the time of the crash, around noon on a weekday, officials said. The legal limit is .08%…

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