Johnny Carnell Mathis

How they died

Deadly force

Police were called to a chaotic scene around 10 p.m., where there was an officer-involved shooting, police said. The man who was killed was an off-duty Dos Palos police officer Johnny Mathis. Police followed Mathis in a non-patrol car to a home before Mathis crashed the car into a garage. Mathis allegedly was acting intoxicated and shot his handgun numerous times at the police pursuing him before being shot in the head with a rifle by an officer during the standoff in the driveway.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Johnny Carnell Mathis, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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