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Claude Sampson E. Johnson

Case from Knoxville, TN dated May 18, 2024

Victim Details

Claude Sampson E. Johnson

Male

White / Caucasian

Knoxville

TN

2024-05-18

55

Claude

Sampson E. Johnson

06/23/2026

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In the early hours of a Saturday morning in Knoxville, Tennessee, the life of Claude 'Sampson' E. Johnson Jr., a 55-year-old man, was tragically cut short. On May 18, 2024, Johnson, a co-owner of Anderson Automotive and Towing, responded to an alarm at his business on Cooper Street. It was a routine he had likely done countless times, but this time was different. He arrived to find a man breaking into the establishment.

The intruder, later identified as Robert Scruggs, fatally shot Johnso ...
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