Teenager in Edmondson Village Shopping Center shooting pleads guilty to murder

A teenager who was identified as one of the two suspects in the 2023 Edmondson Village shopping center shooting entered a plea deal on Friday.

Bryan Johnson, 20, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty to numerous charges, including one count of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted first-degree murder, and one count of use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence.

He is set to be sentenced on October 15, 2026.

In January of 2023, five teenagers were shot in the Edmondson Village parking lot located at 4530 Edmondson Avenue outside of a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant.

One of those teens, 16-year-old Deanta Dorsey, died after being struck by gunfire 16 times.

Another teenage suspect, Daeon Spears, was found not guilty of more than two dozen counts, including murder, attempted murder, and gun charges, in 2026.  

All of the individuals involved in the shooting were students at Edmondson-Westside High School.