Kirk Leland Johnson

Kirk Leland Johnson, a 26-year-old patrolman with the San Diego Police Department, tragically lost his life on February 20, 1983. Johnson was on duty in his patrol car at around 1:30 a.m. in a deserted park in San Diego when he was ambushed and shot multiple times in the head and chest. The assailant was a 16-year-old boy who had stolen his stepfather's sheriff's uniform, weapon, and patrol car. The young suspect, impersonating a law enforcement officer, opened fire on Johnson when he approached ...

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Patrolman Kirk Leland Johnson