Fairfax County police have released few details about what prompted officers to fire at Timothy Johnson, a suspect in a shoplifting who had run from officers.
Melissa Johnson, the mother of Timothy McCree Johnson, who was shot and killed by Fairfax police near Tysons Corner Center last week, speaks during a vigil in front of the Fairfax County Government Center. About a hundred people wearing ponchos and jackets huddled together in the rain Friday night outside the Fairfax County Government Center, lighting battery powered candles and demanding justice for an unarmed Black man fatally shot by county police the week before.
The officers chased him on foot into a wooded area, where they told him to get on the ground and then fired, authorities said.Advertisement Vernon Walton, a pastor at First Baptist Church of Vienna, cited recent high-profile fatal shootings of people by police officers that sparked demonstrations across the country, and asked those gathered to make the same show of outrage for Johnson.
“The tragic killing of Mr. Johnson reminds us once again how unjust America’s policing truly is,” said Michelle Leete, the Officials said Friday that the Police Executive Research Forum, an independent research organization that focuses on policing issues, would examine all Fairfax County police shootings that have occurred between 2021 and 2022, identifying potential patterns, deficiencies or trends.
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