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Shane Johnson sentenced to 52 years

Judge cites prior history, attitude, in giving sentence

Shane Johnson, who was accused and arrested in connection to the shooting of his brother in Havre Nov. 9, was sentenced in state District Court Monday to 52 years in prison.

Johnson, born in 1968, was sentenced for a lesser charge of negligent homicide.

The victim, Travis Johnson, was killed after getting into an argument with Shane in their parents' house, in which they each lived in rooms in the basement.

Shane Johnson was accused of taking a pistol he kept in his bedroom and shooting Travis Johnson after a fight in which Travis Johnson gave him a bloody nose. Travis died of a bullet shot in...

 

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