Trial underway for man charged in 2022 fatal Pittsfield shooting 

Jury selection is underway for man charged in a fatal Pittsfield shooting in 2022.  

Laquan Johnson allegedly killed Stephan Curley on April 5, 2022. Curley and his girlfriend had driven to Johnson’s home on Von Nida Avenue, and when they arrived, Johnson came out and shot him, police said. Curley died and the girlfriend was injured, according to our media partners at The Berkshire Eagle.  

Curley was shot four times.  

Johnson had previously been accused of murder in 2014, but that case was dismissed during trial in 2019, the paper reported.