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In an instant, a trivial dispute over a blocked roadway spiraled into a fatal encounter that claimed the life of an off-duty Washington, D.C. police officer. Robert L. Johnson Jr., a 31-year-old and a seven-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department, was fatally shot in April of 1997. The events leading to his death began when Johnson and a friend, in separate cars, briefly stopped to talk, inadvertently blocking the path of another vehicle. The driver of that car, Maurice A. Douglas, be ...Read More
In an instant, a trivial dispute over a blocked roadway spiraled into a fatal encounter that claimed the life of an off-duty Washington, D.C. police officer. Robert L. Johnson Jr., a 31-year-old and a seven-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department, was fatally shot in April of 1997. The events leading to his death began when Johnson and a friend, in separate cars, briefly stopped to talk, inadvertently blocking the path of another vehicle. The driver of that car, Maurice A. Douglas, be ...Read More
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Bobby Johnson
January 10, 2023
Male
African-American / Black
Washington
DC
2006-09-26
2006-09-26
31
Bobby
Johnson
11/16/2025
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