Liberian Police say the man arrested in connection to the killing of a young Liberian broadcast Journalist, Tyron Brown has admitted to committing the act.
Tyron Browne, a videographer working with Super FM/TV in Monrovia was killed last Monday and eyewitnesses said his body dumped from a black jeep around 3 AM near a clinic in the Monrovia suburb of Duport Road, with all of his personal belongings still on him.
Addressing Journalists on Friday, Police Spokesman, Moses Carter said that suspect Jonathan Williams, who was arrested through a special police operation, told investigators that he mistook the journalist for an armed robber.
Earlier this week, a former CDC executive, former lawmaker and one-time Chief of Protocol in the former Unity Party-led government, Rufus Neufville made a startling claim that the current government had a hand in the killing of Journalist Browne, but has not yet produced any evidence.
Mr. Neufville told a news conference that the slain Radio/TV Journalist had a damaging video recording of some elements in the current CDC government, but officials dismissed the claim.
Among other things, Jonathan Williams, the suspected killer of Journalist Browne told the Police:
“On Sunday at about 9:00pm, I was home we heard a knocked on our door. My two female nieces whet to the door and saw this man standing there. They asked him what he was looking for and he told them to just open the door. The girls refused and later came to tell me. I then went to the door with a knife and saw the young guy who I later asked why he was doing at my house. Minutes later, we got into confusion and I stabbed him.”
Some analysts say the account given by suspect Jonathan Williams has raised more questions than answers.
One of them wondered: “Why will the killer claimed self-defense when the journalists had no weapon; instead cellphone and equipment?Why will the killer claimed self-defense when the journalists had no weapon; instead cellphone and equipment?”
Meanwhile, police interrogation of suspect Williams continues.