Columbus man accused of killing dad in front of kids charged in another fatal shooting

The man accused of killing a father in front of his three children in August has been charged in another Columbus shooting, authorities said.

Brandon Senior, 31, faces charges of murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. He remains in the Muscogee County Jail without bond, where he awaits his 8 a.m. Thursday hearing in Columbus Recorder’s Court.

Senior was charged in the death of 25-year-old Nathan Johnson, a father of three who was expecting a fourth child when he was shot around 9:34 p.m. Aug. 20 on his front porch at 2229 Eighth St. He was rushed to Midtown Medical Center, where Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan pronounced him dead at 10:01 p.m.

No additional details about the shooting have been released.

Trelise Glanton, the victim’s aunt, said he was outgoing, stylish and passionate about his children.

“He wasn’t a bad person more than people are in general, but he did his part,” said Glanton, who called Johnson by the nickname T-bone. “He was a good person. He didn’t deserve to die. He surely didn’t deserve to die like that at all.”

Senior, who is also known as “Chip,” was charged with Johnson’s death about two months after he pleaded not guilty to murder in Columbus Recorder’s Court to the Aug. 22 shooting in the 3600 block of Fourth Avenue. Authorities said he killed 33-year-old Tamir Harris execution-style in front of his three children.

At the time of his death, Harris was the father of a dozen children with two children on the way. Brittany Moody, who is pregnant with his child, was in tears as she described the moment she saw him get shot in front of their 1-year-old daughter.

“He walked off like he didn’t give a d--n,” Moody told the Ledger-Enquirer the day following the shooting. “The way he looked at my baby daddy when he shot him, I couldn’t believe it.”

This story was originally published October 24, 2017 at 4:24 PM with the headline "Columbus man accused of killing dad in front of kids charged in another fatal shooting."