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Report: Gang kingpin, driver were shot to death by passenger in back seat of car

Chattanooga police investigators work the crime scene where Jumoke Johnson, 23, and Christopher Woodard, 20, were killed on the 2100 block of E. 12th Street.
Chattanooga police investigators work the crime scene where Jumoke Johnson, 23, and Christopher Woodard, 20, were killed on the 2100 block of E. 12th Street. Chattanooga police investigators work the crime scene where Jumoke Johnson, 23, and Christopher Woodard, 20, were killed on the 2100 block of E. 12th Street.

By Shelly Bradbury 3 min read

A well-known gang leader who was killed on Jan. 20 was apparently shot by someone in the back seat of the car in which he was riding, records show.

Jumoke Johnson, 23, was shot three times in the back of the head and once in the top of his head, according to a preliminary report from the Hamilton County Medical Examiner’s office.

photo Christopher Woodard, 20, was shot and killed on E. 12th Street on Jan. 20, 2017.
photo Jumoke Johnson Jr. sits in class at Brainerd High School in 2012. Johnson started college but was arrested on drug charges.

The car’s driver, Christopher Woodard, was hit eight times.

Woodard, 20, was struck twice in the back of the head, twice in the side of the head, three times in his back and neck, and once in the hand, records show.

Witnesses initially reported that one car was chasing another down E. 12th Street – bullets flying between them – when the first car crashed on top of a parked car around 8 p.m. on Jan. 20. However, that account appears to be wrong.