Man Charged With Murdering Sister In Riverside

RIVERSIDE, CA — A 51-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his sister as she left her workplace on the west end of Riverside was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and other offenses.

David Andre Johnson was arrested last week following a Riverside Police Department investigation into the slaying of 45-year-old Adrienne Johnson of Riverside.

Along with murder, David Johnson is charged with a special circumstance allegation of lying in wait, as well as sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations.

The defendant, who is being held without bail at the Robert Presley Jail, was slated to make his initial court appearance at the Riverside Hall of Justice on Tuesday afternoon.

According to police spokesman Officer Ryan Railsback, shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday, the victim was getting into her vehicle after checking out of work in the 6900 block of Jurupa Avenue, near Riverside Municipal Airport, when her brother pulled his car in behind hers.

"David exited his car, shot Adrienne multiple times and fled," Railsback said.

Witnesses called 911, and paramedics reached the location minutes later, pronouncing the woman dead at the scene.

Her brother was soon after identified as the alleged assailant, and an arrest warrant was obtained, culminating in the defendant's apprehension without incident on Phoenix Avenue in Riverside at 10 a.m. Friday, according to Railsback.

The motive for the alleged attack was not disclosed.

Johnson has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.