Jermaine Johnson
Male, Black
Date of the incident: 7/17/2016
Brooklyn, Kings, NY
Debevoise Ave. and Jackson St.
Debevoise Ave. and Jackson St.
Two officers responded to Debevoise Ave. at Jackson St. in the Cooper Park Houses after receiving a pair of 911 calls — one reporting an emotionally disturbed man and the other a robbery at gunpoint, police said. Police spotted Johnson toting a .40-caliber semiautomatic handgun, and fitting the robbery suspect's description, police said. Johnson opened fire on the officers, who shot and killed him.