Left inset: James Johnson (Polk County). Right inset: Nikki Loffredo (Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory). Background: The area near the intersection of East Ovid Avenue and Cambridge Street in Des Moines, Iowa, where James Johnson shot Nikki Loffredo (KCCI/YouTube).
An Iowa man was found guilty of murder for gunning down a random woman on the sidewalk while driving after he asked her if she wanted to “come get high” with him and she refused — telling the now-convicted killer, “Who are you? Never mind, f— off,” according to prosecutors, before shooting her multiple times.
“The defendant took the stand and said he saw Ms. Loffredo walking on Euclid Avenue early on July 27 and planned to approach her,” a press release said Wednesday from the Polk County Attorney’s Office, which announced the conviction of James Johnson, 43, for the shooting death of Nikkie Loffredo, 42, last July in Des Moines.
