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Corporal Kenneth Jeffrey Johnson
South Carolina
Highway Patrol, SC
End of Watch:
July 7, 2002
Age:
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Cause of Death:
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Corporal
Johnson, 38, was shot and killed while conducting a holiday
weekend public safety checkpoint in Berkeley County at 0215
hours. He and other troopers were positioned on College Park
Road between I-26 and US 17A and had stopped a pickup truck. As
a trooper wrote the female driver a ticket for possession of an
open container of an alcoholic beverage, Corporal Johnson walked
around the back of the truck to check the identity of the male
passenger. As he did so, the man jumped out of the truck and
opened fire, striking Corporal Johnson in the abdomen just below
his protective vest. As the man attempted to escape, the other
troopers returned fire, wounding him, and took him into custody.
The male suspect was an escapee from a Charleston County work
release detail. The female driver of the truck was also charged
with possession of a stolen vehicle. The male suspect was
convicted of seven counts, including murder, on May 18, 2003,
and was sentenced to death the following day.
Corporal Johnson had been with the South Carolina Highway Patrol
for 12 years and is survived by his wife and two children.
Agency Information:
Walk tall, walk tall and protect us from above with honor and dignity.
May you lead the charge for
citizens right in heaven as you did here on earth
Darrell Thompson
Privet Security Officer St. Clair Co. MI,
Community College Campus Patrol #14
darrell@policespecial.com
www.sc4.edu
Rest in peace, and
may God allow him
to keep watch over us on earth while he patrols his beat
in heaven.
Our prayers go out
to the Officer and his Department and family.
May they all find peace in their hearts soon.
From all the Staff at Police
Special Inc.
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