Police killings
2013-2020

Robert Johnson Jr.

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 5/16/2020

Essex, Baltimore, MD
10 Skipjack Ct

A crowd from an afternoon cookout had dispersed after 10:30 p.m. when officers arrived at Cove Village Townhomes, but the first officer on the scene "was confronted with an armed suspect and discharged his weapon," according to police. Johnson died at the hospital. Officers state they recovered a gun at the scene. Another person was shot and wounded in the leg.