By Keith Epps
The Free Lance-Star
STAFFORD, Va. — A Maryland man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the Monday morning slaying of an FBI police officer in Stafford County.
Jeremy Brown, 29, of 110 Abby Lane in south Stafford was gunned down as he was leaving his home at 5:01 a.m., Stafford Sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy said.
Antoine Gray Johnson, 26, of Upper Marlboro, Md. is also charged with using a firearm in the commission of a felony.
According to police, Johnson confronted Brown as he came out of his home in uniform on his way to work. Police said they exchanged gunfire in the ensuing confrontation and Brown was killed.
Kennedy said the two men knew each other, but would not say what the confrontation was about. He said that was part of the ongoing investigation.
Numerous citizens reported hearing multiple shots fired and deputies and detectives flooded the area. Police immediately got a description of the vehicle Johnson was driving and a lookout was broadcast.
A King George deputy spotted the vehicle about 20 minutes later in the area of Caledon and Dahlgren roads in King George, and the suspect was taken into custody on nearby U.S. 301.
A handgun of the same caliber used in the slaying was found in the vehicle, Kennedy said.
Kennedy said detectives are confident that Johnson acted alone and that the attack was an isolated incident.
Shortly after the shooting, police assured residents that the area was safe, but did not confirm that a suspect was in custody until late in the afternoon.
Detectives spent most of the day gathering evidence at the scene. A white tent was erected to shield the body and the ongoing investigation.
Brown has worked for FBI Police since August of 2009, police said. He worked at Quantico and previously was a correctional officer in North Carolina. It was not clear Monday how long he had lived in Stafford.
Johnson is being held without bond at the Rappahannock Regional Jail. He is expected to be arraigned without the next day or so.
Sheriff Charles Jett expressed appreciation for assistance from citizens and neighboring law enforcement agencies.
“The partnership led to the arrest of this brutal criminal,” Jett said.
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