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Desmond Zaire Johnson

Case from Norristown, PA dated Jun 16, 2018

Victim Details

Desmond Zaire Johnson

Male

Black / African American

Norristown

PA

2018-06-16

19

Desmond

Zaire Johnson

07/03/2026

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In the predawn hours of Father's Day, June 17, 2018, the body of 19-year-old Desmond Zaire Johnson was discovered lying on the ground in the 300 block of Carson Alley in Norristown, Pennsylvania. The discovery was made after police responded to a report of a body at 12:22 a.m., approximately thirty minutes after initial reports of gunshots in the same area. First responders found Johnson was already deceased at the scene. An autopsy later confirmed that the young male had died from a gunshot wou ...
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