Montgomery woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2021 fatal shooting

Jef’Daysha Woods/Source: Montgomery County Detention Facility

A Montgomery woman has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a 2021 fatal shooting.

Now 24-year-old Jef’Daysha Woods was arrested in connection to the shooting death of 19-year-old Keiana Johnson, of Montgomery. Woods, who was 20 years old at the time, was charged with murder and taken into custody on June 1.

Police say the shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. on May 27 in the 3500 block of Faro Court. Once officers arrived, police and fire medics located Johnson with a life-threatening gunshot wound. She was taken to a local hospital where she later died.

Later that month, charges against Woods were dropped due to insufficient evidence.

However, in May 2023, a Montgomery County grand jury indicted Woods for murder saying she intentionally caused the death of Johnson by shooting her with a firearm.

According to court records, on August 11, 2025, Woods agreed to plead guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter, which is a class B felony. The charge carried a sentence of at least two years and no more than 20 years in prison.

On August 28, 2025, Circuit Judge Monet Gaines sentenced Woods to five years in prison and five years of supervised probation. She was also ordered to pay $15,425.28 in restitution.

Woods is currently in the Montgomery County Detention Facility where she is awaiting to be transferred to the Alabama Department of Corrections to serve out her sentence.