Gerald Johnson

How they died

Deadly force

A family member inside a home called police and said another family member may have been high on PCP and threatening people in the house with a shovel. Johnson went to an abandoned other, where he barricaded himself. Officers reportedly tried to talk him out of the car for a couple of hours. Johnson allegedly was holding what appeared to be a gun when officers approached. They reported that he raised his weapon, and three officers shot and killed him.

Why we remember them

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

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