Police killings
2013-2020

Michael Johnson

Male, Unknown race

Date of the incident: 10/10/2018

Thousand Oaks, Ventura, CA
Hillcrest Dr and Duesenberg Dr

Michael Johnson was involved in a crash at 1:14 a.m. Johnson allegedly confronted responding deputies with a knife and moved toward them when deputies attempted to contact him. Deputies fired beanbag rounds, striking Johnson multiple times. Johnson kept advancing toward the deputies, and Sgt. Russell King and Deputy Justyn Czyrklis shot and killed him.