Jermaine Maurice Johnson, 41, a Black man from Huntington, West Virginia, was killed after a late-night shooting on April 5, 2023, in the 700 block of Marcum Terrace. Officers found Johnson about 11:30 p.m. suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; he was given first aid at the scene, transported to a local hospital by Cabell County EMS, and died a short time later.
Initial dispatch described a single rib wound, but investigators later confirmed multiple gunshot wounds. Detectives identified two men they believed had been present: Antonio Roland and Rafael Solomon Jr. Roland was arrested April 12, 2023, in Macomb County, Michigan, and Solomon was located in Detroit and extradited to Cabell County, arriving May 24, 2023. Both were charged with murder and held without bond.
At a Cabell County magistrate preliminary hearing a magistrate found probable cause to send the case to a grand jury. Defense attorneys argued the shooting was self-defense and claimed Johnson had entered the apartment firing shots; police testimony noted contradictions between witness statements and physical evidence about how many shots were fired inside the apartment. Does anyone have information about Johnson, the Marcum Terrace apartment, or the events of April 5, 2023?