Ex-NFL player Kevin Johnson’s killing at L.A. encampment may be linked to 3 other slayings, officials say
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Key Points:
- Former NFL player Kevin Johnson, 55, was found stabbed and suffering head trauma at a homeless encampment in Willowbrook, South Los Angeles, and pronounced dead on January 21.
- Authorities believe Johnson's death may be linked to three other unsolved homicides of homeless individuals in the same area along East 120th Street, occurring between October and January.
- All four victims were unhoused and living in encampments near a flood control channel identified as Compton Creek, with investigators actively pursuing leads and collaborating with homeless outreach workers.
- Johnson, who played as a defensive lineman in the 1990s for the Philadelphia Eagles and Oakland Raiders, may have suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE