Tag: I-20 shooting

The woman shot and killed along Interstate 20 in Arlington on Nov. 12 was five months pregnant and died shielding her other children from gunfire, her family said.

Twenty-nine-year-old Bre’asia Simone Johnson died from a gunshot wound to the torso, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Johnson was the mother of three children, aged 6, 7, and 2, her family said on a GoFundMe page for her funeral expenses.

“Bre’Asia’s final, selfless act was to protect the very children she loved with all her heart,” her family wrote. “Tragically, her children are now left behind, without their mother, and the unborn child will never have the chance to know the love and warmth Bre’Asia was so ready to give.”

Arlington police officers responded to an Arlington QuikTrip location in the 4900 block of Little Road shortly after 7:40 p.m. Wednesday night, police said.

Homicide detectives learned the victims were traveling westbound on Interstate 20 near Bowman Springs Road when someone fired at their vehicle, the Star-Telegram previously reported.

Investigators are working to determine what led to the shooting and who is responsible, police said.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Detective Allison Allen at 817-575-8613. Anonymous tips can be phoned in to Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County at 817-469-8477.