Murder charges filed in 2020 shooting that took life of young mother

The Brief

  • Investigators used DNA evidence, surveillance footage and witness testimony to bring about criminal charges against a man accused of fatally shooting a woman in May 2020.
  • Malcom Chan Johnson, 33, of Minneapolis, admitted to firing shots at a vehicle the woman was in, but said he didn’t know she was there.
  • Video footage shows a vehicle Johnson was in following the woman and her boyfriend before the shooting.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) A man who admitted to firing the shots that killed an 18-year-old mother in south Minneapolis back in May 2020 is charged with murder.

The criminal complaint names Malcom Chan Johnson, 33, of Minneapolis, as a suspect in the fatal shooting after he told police he didn’t know there was a woman in the car he was shooting at.

The shooting claimed the life of Arionna Buckanaga, who was set to graduate high school a month after she was shot.

Man charged for 2020 shooting death of Arionna Buckanaga

Fatal shooting:

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