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Joel Johnson

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Jul 17, 2007

Victim Details

Joel Johnson

March 28, 2022

Male

Philadelphia

PA

2007-07-17

2007-07-17

43

Joel

Johnson

07/01/2026


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In the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, a 28-year-old man named Joel Johnson, who was known to many in the area, was going about his usual routine of panhandling between cars slowed by traffic on a Monday evening in May 2019. Johnson, a man with special needs, approached an unmarked vehicle on G Street near Tioga Street with his arms outstretched, a familiar sight to those who often saw him asking for quarters.

Inside the vehicle was a plainclothes Philadelphia police detective, F ...
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  • Video shows apparently unarmed man being shot, wounded ... - 6ABC
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    Has anyone looked into the surrounding area where Joel Johnson was murdered? I read that he was shot... ...Read More
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