Dorian Johnson

Dorian Johnson was fatally shot about 9:30 a.m. Sunday in the 9600 block of Abaco Court in what police are calling a domestic shooting. Johnson, 33, gained national notoriety as a witness to the 2014 fatal shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson. Police arrested a woman at the scene without incident. The woman claimed she shot Johnson in self-defense, authorities said. St. Louis County Prosecutor Melissa Price Smith said Monday morning that her office had not yet made a decision on charges against the suspect. Johnson was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A Ferguson police spokeswoman, Patricia Washington, said police officers were not involved in the shooting — contrary to rumors that spread quickly on social media. Johnson, 33, gained national notoriety as a witness to the 2014 fatal shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson. Johnson was with Brown on Aug. 9, 2014, when the shooting happened, and was the only known witness to the entire event. Johnson had claimed that Wilson kept shooting after Brown put his hands up. Johnson’s account spawned the “hands up, don’t shoot” narrative that fueled the months-long Ferguson protest movement, but the Department of Justice found Johnson’s account was not credible compared with other evidence. On Sunday morning, neighbors heard screams and an argument before Johnson was shot in the apartment. Police said it was domestic dispute but did not provide a motive. Late Sunday morning, police were waiting for a search warrant so they could enter the apartment complex where the shooting happened and look for evidence.