EDWARDSVILLE — Jury selection is set to begin Monday, March 9 in the murder trial of one of three suspects accused of a murder-for-hire plot in Collinsville.
Gary D. Johnson, 46, of East St. Louis, was one of three men charged in February 2025 in the murder of Portia Rowland, who was shot and killed outside her home on Jan. 21, 2025.
Two other suspects, Marty D. Shaw, 34, of Collinsville, and Sammy Shafer Jr., 36, of Caseyville, were also charged with murder…