Overview

• Recordings released by media outlets feature multiple callers describing screams and pleas for help moments before the former Bengals running back fell in Sunny Isles Beach.
• Miami-Dade officials say the death has been unequivocally ruled a suicide, with a spokesperson reiterating that investigators do not suspect foul play.
• Police received five 911 calls about the incident, first responders arrived within minutes, and Johnson was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital, according to reports.
• Coverage notes Johnson’s prior mental-health struggles and references possible CTE as a factor, though any such diagnosis remains unconfirmed pending postmortem findings.
• Family, former teammates, and the Bengals paid tribute in recent days, including a Miami Beach memorial held on what would have been his 46th birthday.