A 74-year-old man likely will spend the rest of his life in a Virginia prison for gunning down a man who mistakenly knocked on his apartment door after confusing the home for a friend’s.
Leroy King was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting 38-year-old Albert Johnson in June 2023, according to the Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors say Johnson was in the neighborhood to visit one of King’s neighbors, but knocked on the 74-year-old’s door by mistake.
He knocked once, left, and returned to King’s home later that day and knocked again. King then shouted at Johnson for standing at his front door, walked outside armed with a handgun, and shot the 38-year-old twice in his neck and torso…