Free agent running back Chris Johnson took to social media on Wednesday to announce that his gun charges were dropped. NJ.com confirmed that Johnson had a misdemeanor gun charge against him from back in January dropped.
Johnson was arrested on Jan. 9 in his hometown of Orlando for open carrying of a firearm. In a different incident, the former Titans and Jets running back was involved in a fatal drive-by shooting last weekend that killed one of his friends. Johnson was also shot in the shoulder, but was released from a local hospital a day later.
Johnson, 29, became a free agent on Tuesday after the Jets declined to exercise the $500,000 option for 2015. He started just six games at running back in 2014, totaling 663 yards on 155 carries.
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