Two Men Charged with Murder in Shooting of Woman at Extended Stay America Hotel in Burlington

Woburn, MA - Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Burlington Police Chief Michael Kent today announced that two men have been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman in Burlington on July 2, 2015. 

Epshod Jeune, 24, of Burlington and Derrell Fisher, 21, of Roxbury, are each charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm in connection with the shooting death of Sanisha Johnson,   34, of the Bronx, NY, at the Extended Stay America Hotel in Burlington on July 2, 2015.

Additionally, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Woburn Police Chief Robert Ferullo announced that each man is also charged with armed robbery and armed assault in a dwelling of a woman at the Red Roof Inn in Woburn in the late evening of July 1 into the early morning of July 2, 2015, shortly before the Burlington murder.

The defendants will be arraigned in Woburn District Court on Monday, July 6, 2015. The prosecutor assigned to this case is Chief of Homicide Adrienne Lynch.

These charges are allegations, and the defendants are innocent until proven guilty.

These incidents were investigated by the Burlington Police Department, the WoburnPolice Department and Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.