32-year-old arrested in Wisconsin, charged with murder in New Hope

A 32-year-old man was charged Oct. 24 in connection with a New Hope homicide.

Jack Guy faces one count of manslaughter and one count of illegal possession of a firearm.

As previously reported, police responded to a shooting on the 7300 block of Bass Lake Road in New Hope on October 24 around 9:39 p.m.

The 911 caller screamed and asked for help, according to a recently unsealed arrest warrant. In the background a man could be heard saying, “She called 911, we have to go.”

When officers arrived, they found the woman screaming for help and saying her brother had been shot. 23-year-old Carnell Mark Johnson Jr. was found unconscious with a gunshot wound to the center of his chest. Johnson was taken to hospital and pronounced deceased shortly afterwards.

The woman’s two children were in the home at the time of the shooting, according to court documents.

Investigators also found a spent shell casing in the home.

Surveillance footage from a neighbor’s home captured several vehicles outside at the time of the shooting. The driver of one of the vehicles is seen entering the townhome for about 20 seconds before running in a circle outside the home and going back inside. He appeared to have run down the hall and remained in the house for another ten seconds.

The woman told police that Guy, later identified as the driver, and two other men had been at the house earlier in the day. The four had been drinking and using drugs.

She told investigators that Guy entered her home later that day while she was in the kitchen. She heard a shot and Guy told the victim he was sorry and that it “didn’t mean to do it.”

Court documents say the woman did not see Guy shoot or see him with a gun, but that he was the only other adult in the house when Johnson was shot.

The woman later told investigators that she had received death threats from Guy’s family.

Investigators obtained a search warrant for Guy’s phone, which had been turned off the night of the shooting. The phone’s last known address was near the townhome where the murder occurred.

Another woman called police and said Guy was staying with her and came home the night of the murder looking “nervous and sweaty.” Guy packed his things and left shortly afterwards.

He put something on the refrigerator. When the woman was cleaning her apartment, she discovered it was a gun. Court documents show the gun was a 9mm pistol with blood on it. The casing found at the scene was also a 9mm.

Dude it was arrested in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on November 2. He was extradited to Minnesota and booked into the Hennepin County Jail on Wednesday.

Court documents show Guy has a criminal history including third-degree burglary, fifth-degree drug possession, threats of violence, violating a no-contact order, aiding and abetting check forgery, violating another no-contact order and illegal possession of firearms.