17-year old drug dealer shoots and injures college student during drug transaction

Shooter Davahughn Lamar Johnson, age 17

20-year old University of North Carolina at Charlotte student John Borek met 17-year old Davahughn Lamar Johnson in an apartment parking log, apparently to purchase marijuana from Johnson.  But the drug deal went bad.  Johnson shot Borek in the neck, critically injuring him.

From the article:

Davahughn Lamar Johnson of Charlotte is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflict serious injury, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a handgun by a minor, police said.

Johnson was arrested Friday morning as he got off a school bus at Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte’s University City area, according to NewsChannel 36, the Observer’s news partner. He remained in custody at the Mecklenburg County jail early Saturday.

Johnson is charged in the shooting of 20-year-old John Borek.

Police have said Borek was shot on the left side of his neck around 12:30 a.m. last Sunday in the parking lot of The Flats at Mallard Creek Apartments, near Mallard Creek Church Road. They said he was visiting friends at the time of the shooting.

On Saturday, Borek was listed in critical condition at Carolinas Medical Center-Main, the hospital said.

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Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.