Justin Johnson
Age 18
Poughkeepsie, New York
He was on a late-night walk
Before moving to Poughkeepsie, New York, he lived in Queens. The 18-year-old loved basketball and music.
He was walking down Main Street in Poughkeepsie with two men when one pulled out a gun.
Justin Johnson, 18, was found by police with a gunshot wound to his head. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Johnson was the seventh shooting victim in the city in less than a month. A comment on a memorial site for him read simply: “Rest easy Justin. You are in my heart always."
