Girlfriend Brain Dead, Boyfriend Claims He Accidentally Shot Her In Head: Officials

JOLIET, IL — A Joliet man claimed he accidentally shot his girlfriend in the head, leaving her brain dead, according to officials.

Officers were sent to the Evergreen Terrace apartments shortly before 9 a.m. Monday and were met in the stairwell of a building by 31-year-old Jasper Johnson, police said.

According to police, Johnson told the officers, “I shot her accidentally, I shot her accidentally, I shot my girlfriend.”

Johnson’s girlfriend, Kia Johnson, 30, had indeed been shot, police said, and was facedown on the floor of the apartment she shared with her boyfriend. Kia Johnson reportedly had a bullet wound to her head.

Kia Johnson was taken to Presence St. Joseph Medical Center. Kia Johnson was brain dead, according to the Will County Coroner's Office, but was still alive Tuesday afternoon.

Officers reportedly recovered a .22-caliber revolver from the North Broadway apartment.

Jasper Johnson was arrested on a charge of involuntary manslaughter and booked into the Will County jail, but police said detectives were still investigating the matter and it is being reviewed by prosecutors.

Jasper Johnson was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday afternoon.

Jasper Johnson | image via Will County Sheriff's Department