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L.A. County Probes Possible Link Between Ex-NFL Player’s Killing and Three Encampment Deaths

Detectives say all four victims were unhoused in the same Willowbrook area.

Overview

  • The Sheriff's Department said Tuesday that four homicides between October 2025 and January 2026 in Willowbrook are under active review for possible connections.
  • The medical examiner ruled Kevin Johnson’s Jan. 21 death a homicide caused by blunt head trauma and stab wounds at an encampment along Compton Creek.
  • Investigators say all four victims were living in encampments near the same flood-control channel and the cases remain open.
  • No suspect has been identified, and sources say there is no concrete evidence linking the killings, with eight detectives assigned to the inquiry.
  • County outreach teams are working to move people from the encampments as homicide detectives ask anyone with information to call 323-890-5500.