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Andre Johnson

Case from Detroit, MI dated Aug 29, 2015

Victim Details

Andre Johnson

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2015-08-29

2015-08-29

23

Andre

Johnson

06/24/2026

1


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In the early evening of a late summer day, 23-year-old Andre Johnson Jr. was at a BP gas station on the east side of Detroit, at the intersection of E. Vernor and Mt. Elliot St. It was August 29, 2015, and Johnson was accompanied by his girlfriend and their two young daughters, who were seated in the back of his van. The family was on their way home from a barbecue when they stopped for gas and oil.

While Johnson’s girlfriend went inside the station to pay, an unknown man approached the ...
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  • Father of two shot to death in gas station ambush in front of kids
  • Man wanted for shooting father in front of kids - WXYZ
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