Former Marine Confesses To Tragic Death Of UNT Student

Eric Jamal Johnson, 20, is being charged with
murder in the shooting death of Sara
Mutschlechner, a student of the University of
North Texas. Mutschelechner was fatally shot
and killed by Johnson after returning from a New
Year's party with friends.
The incident occurred after a dispute at a red
light. Reports say Johnson's vehicle stopped next
to the vehicle Mutschelechner was in. The
passengers of both vehicles began talking while
waiting for the light to turn green when Johnson
and his friends allegedly became vulgar, making
sexual comments at Mutschelechner and her
friends. Reports say one of Johnson's passengers
also told one of Mutschlechner's friends he would
"beat [him up]." During the dispute
Sara Mutschlechner was shot in the head. She
was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Johnson allegedly confessed to police that he
fired gun shots at Mutschlechner's vehicle on
December 31. He also apologized for shooting her
and is cooperating with the investigation.
Johnson made a specific request that his
sympathy to Sara's family and her sorority sisters
be expressed.
Johnson was arrested for the murder of Sara
Mutschlechner in Arizona on January 5. He was
dismissed from the Marine Corps a day later. The
investigation is still ongoing.
Johnson is being held in the Yuma County
Detention Center and is expected to be extradited
to Texas within the next 10 days.