A 26-year-old Minnesota man has been charged with killing another man at a New Year’s Eve Party in which he was walking around pointing a gun at various people and asking “Do you trust me?”
The last person who did that to ended up dead when Myron Allen Johanson put his loaded handgun under the chin of 22-year-old Jorden Jonathan Boehm.
“Witnesses observed the Defendant walk up to the victim and put the gun under his chin and ask ‘do you trust me,’” a probable cause statement says. “The next thing witnesses recalled was that the gun went off. Witnesses observed the victim bleeding from his neck. One witness stated that he turned around to see the Defendant holding the gun and saying ‘oh s***, call 911.’ Witnesses observed that the Defendant run off to his bedroom with the handgun.”
Myron Johanson Affidavit by kc wildmoon
The probable cause statement says that about 10 “invited guests” were at the party and the “everyone was getting along and having a good time throughout the evening. Except, they also noted, that Johanson was carrying a black handgun in a holster and was constantly taking it out and pointing at other guests throughout the evening.
“One witness stated that she watched the Defendant point the gun into the face of another and watched that person push the gun out of his face,” the document says. “Another witness stated that the Defendant was walking around pointing his handgun at people during the evening, including twice at himself. He stated that the Defendant walked up to him, dropped the magazine and pointed the gun at the top of his head and asked him ‘do you trust me’, which he responded ‘f*** no, I don’t.’”
Johanson laughed at him, pushed the magazine back in, and racked a round into the chamber just before walking up to Boehm.
The killer told police that the gun “went off” and that he cleared it and took it into his room, then called 911. He took officers into the bedroom and pointed out the gun, which was collected by the deputies.
Johanson has been charged with third degree murder and second degree manslaughter.
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[Featured image: Myron Johanson/Wilkin County Jail]
