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On a Wednesday in Columbus, Georgia, just five days before Christmas in 2017, the life of 68-year-old Joseph Howard Johnson III was tragically cut short in an act of violence. A retired Army staff sergeant, Johnson was working at the Columbus Pawn Shop on Fort Benning Road when a robbery turned deadly. During the commission of the crime, a shootout occurred, and Johnson sustained a fatal gunshot wound. He was a male who had served his country for 20 years, retiring as a Staff Sergeant at Fort Be ...Read More

Victim Details

Joseph Howard Johnson III

Male

Black / African American

Columbus

GA

2017-12-20

68

Joseph

Howard Johnson III

04/30/2026