Man arrested after investigation into May 13 fatal shooting in Alexandria

An 18-year-old Alexandria man was arrested Thursday, accused of killing a man whose body was found on Avoyelles Drive.

Brian Johnson, 18, already was in the Rapides Parish Detention Center #1, having been booked there on May 26 on charges of armed robbery and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

He was booked again on a charge of second-degree murder in the May 13 shooting death of Dontravius Williams, 19, according to a news release from the city.

Alexandria Police Department officers found Williams' body in the 500 block of Avoyelles Drive after they responded to shots being fired in the area.

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Johnson also was charged with unlawful possession of a machine gun and a probation violation. He had pleaded guilty in February in the 9th Judicial District Court to aggravated assault with a firearm. A 10-year prison sentence was suspended, and he was sentenced to three years of supervised probation.

A probation revocation hearing has been set for June 12. He remains in jail with bail set at $1.37 million, according to online jail records.