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Grandmother fatally punched in French Quarter; brother has 'no earthly idea why'


Police say suspect punched in her face, causing fall and hitting her head on concrete

BY RAMON ANTONIO VARGAS | STAFF WRITER PUBLISHED APR 28, 2021 AT 5:55 PM | UPDATED APR 28, 2021 AT 6:46 PM



Undated photo of Margaret "Jane" Johnson Street, 61 (provided photo)

The brother of an Alabama-born grandmother who was fatally punched on a French Quarter street last week is trying to understand what motivated her killing, but he expressed relief Wednesday that police had captured a suspect.

“We have no earthly idea why this happened,” said Jeffrey Johnson, brother of Margaret “Jane” Johnson Street. “It won’t bring my sister back, but it helps knowing who did it and that they have him.”

New Orleans police say Johnson Street, 61, got into an argument with Jeremiah Mark, 23, in the 100 block of Royal Street on April 18 at about 7:45 p.m. Details about the argument haven’t been available, but Mark punched Johnson Street in the face, causing her to fall backward and hit her head on the concrete, police wrote in a sworn statement filed in Criminal District Court.
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Jeremiah Mark.
PHOTO FROM ORLEANS PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE

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