Police killings
2013-2020

Raymond Johnson

Male, White

Date of the incident: 10/11/2013

Moreno Valley, Riverside, CA
23000 Hemlock Ave

Johnson was on PCP and violently kicking his feet and striking his fists in an uncontrollable manner when officers arrived, police say Johnson was agitated and refused to get out of his vehicle, even after officers used pepper spray and a Taser. Eventually, Johnson was removed from the vehicle, handcuffed and placed on the ground. As he was laying on the ground, police noticed that he had stopped breathing. A coroner listed the cause of death as "hypertensive cardiovascular disease with other significant condition of Acute Phencyclidine (PCP) intoxication and physical altercation with law enforcement.