{"id":63487,"date":"2026-02-04T03:56:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ex-nfl-player-kevin-johnsons-death-may-be-connected-to-other-l-a-county-homicides-near-homeless-encampments\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T03:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:56:36","slug":"ex-nfl-player-kevin-johnsons-death-may-be-connected-to-other-l-a-county-homicides-near-homeless-encampments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ex-nfl-player-kevin-johnsons-death-may-be-connected-to-other-l-a-county-homicides-near-homeless-encampments\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL player Kevin Johnson&#8217;s death may be connected to other L.A. County homicides near homeless encampments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/willowbrook-homicide-investigation-120th-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">death last month of former NFL player Kevin Johnson<\/a><\/span> is possibly connected to three other killings of unhoused people in the same area that occurred over the last four months, Los Angeles County detectives said Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old Johnson, an L.A.-native who played with the Philadelphia Eagles and Oakland Raiders in the 1990s, was\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/kevin-johnson-nfl-eagles-killed-homeless-encampment\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">found dead on Jan. 21<\/a><\/span>\u00a0at an encampment in the 1300 block of E. 120th Street in the unincorporated community of Willowbrook, near Compton. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said that he died from &#8220;blunt head trauma and stab wounds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Between October 2025 and January 2026, four homicides occurred in this area and remain under active investigation by the Homicide Bureau,&#8221; the L.A. County Sheriff&#8217;s Department  said a <a href=\"https:\/\/local.nixle.com\/alert\/12172679\/?sub_id=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">news release<\/a>. &#8220;At this time, investigators are working to determine whether these cases are related.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Detectives say that all four of the victims were unhoused people who were living in encampments in the same vicinity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A week after Johnson was killed, detectives were again called to the same area after a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/willowbrook-death-investigation-encampment-kevin-johnson-nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">man was found dead<\/a><\/span> near the flood control channel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/04\/eefafed3-95e3-41db-9b89-abd257661f8a\/thumbnail\/620x414\/9f5e3f59fa754e35da410175ac6a2dbc\/gettyimages-2257697006.jpg#\" alt=\"Kevin Johnson killed in South L.A. homeless encampment \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/04\/eefafed3-95e3-41db-9b89-abd257661f8a\/thumbnail\/620x414\/9f5e3f59fa754e35da410175ac6a2dbc\/gettyimages-2257697006.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/04\/eefafed3-95e3-41db-9b89-abd257661f8a\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/b05e34f7d62c36abcffbdabb0db19c7d\/gettyimages-2257697006.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A memorial for former NFL player Kevin Johnson near a homeless encampment in Willowbrook, California, on Jan. 25, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ronaldo Bola\u00f1os \/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There was no information immediately available on the two other deaths that happened prior to January.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Homicide investigators continue to pursue all investigative leads and remain committed to identifying the individual or individuals responsible for these crimes,&#8221; the release said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has further information was urged to contact LASD&#8217;s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kevin-johnson-nfl-player-los-angeles-county-willowbrook-homicide-investigation-connection\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death last month of former NFL player Kevin Johnson is possibly connected to three other killings of unhoused people<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ex-NFL player Kevin Johnson&#039;s death may be connected to other L.A. 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