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Gary Johnston
United States · Aged 41 · Died 08/28/2005
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Deadly force
An officer shot Gary Johnston while another officer reportedly wrestled with Johnston over a shotgun in the man's bedroom. At about 11 p.m., police responded to Johnston's home after neighbors reported he was standing naked in his yard and was breaking out doors and windows of his home. When officers arrived, they discovered Johnston was acting irrationally and had destroyed the interior of his house, police said. Officers reportedly tried to subdue Johnston with a Taser, but he got away, went to his bedroom and came out with a 12-gauge shotgun. One of the officers tried to wrestle the gun away from Johnson. Another officer shot Johnston several times.
Alleged responsible partySt. Louis Metropolitan Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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