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A former lover of ex-NBA star World B. Free was slain Sunday night outside her family's Brooklyn home.Audrey Johnson, 51, was struck by what police believe was a stray bullet after her niece's boyfriend was jumped by two men. Johnson stepped outside the home in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn and was hit in the head by a bullet at approximately 9:30 p.m. EST.
Johnson, who lived in New Jersey, grew up in Brooklyn and apparently died senselessly in her home borough.
"She's just an innocent victim of gun violence," her brother Kenny Johnson, 47, told the New York Daily News. "She was a beautiful person."
Several reports originally stated that Johnson was Free's wife, but a publicist for the Philadelphia 76ers -- with whom Free played for and remains a basketball ambassador -- told Philadelphia's NBC affiliate that was not the case.
"They were never married and this was in the past," the publicist told NBC. "While they haven't spoken in quite a while, he does want to extend his condolences to her family and friends."
Audrey Johnson's 14-year-old nephew Daniel Johnson was shot in the leg during the incident but was in stable condition at Kings County Hospital on Sunday night.
Trouble started when two men attacked Laquan Williams, 25, the ex-con boyfriend of Johnson's niece, according to multiple reports.
Kenny Johnson told the Daily News that the shooter "fired at least five shots."
"It doesn't seem that she was an intended target," a police source told the Daily News, saying the same for Daniel Johnson.
Audrey Johnson apparently stepped in the middle of the fight and was killed. Williams was not shot and suffered just a laceration on his head. Williams reportedly was being questioned by investigators Sunday night for more information surrounding the murder.
Free, 55, was one of the most awe-inspiring players in NBA history during his 13-year career. Born Lloyd Bernard Free, he cut his teeth in Brooklyn's tough playground games, becoming a street legend in the process.
Free, who grew up in Brooklyn's Brownsville section and played basketball at Carnarsie High School, averaged 20.3 points in a career that saw him play for five different teams.
Audrey Johnson had worked on Wall Street prior to the recession, according to the Daily News.
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