Police Brutality / Individual record
Brandon Lamar Johnson
The Washington Post's Fatal Force database records Brandon Lamar Johnson in a fatal on-duty police shooting on 2015-09-30 in Beckley, WV. Individual circumstances and legal outcome require case-specific review.
- Record ID
- PB-271
- Incident date
- September 30, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Beckley, WV
- Agency
- West Virginia State Police
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 28
What happened
Brandon Lamar Johnson, 28, was shot and killed by West Virginia State Police during a pursuit on Interstate 64/77 near Beckley in late September 2015. Troopers said Johnson, a Georgia resident sought in connection with the killing of his co-worker Pamela Harmon, drove away after police tried to stop him. Officers deployed road spikes and stopped the vehicle. State Police said Johnson exited with a handgun and pointed it toward troopers, who opened fire. Johnson died at Raleigh General Hospital. The murder allegation involving Harmon was unresolved in court because Johnson died; it is a reported investigative accusation, not a conviction. The police account of the final confrontation is separately attributed.
Investigation & findings
Individual legal and investigative outcome not yet reviewed.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 876
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Armed status (source)
- gun
- Flee status (source)
- car
- Agency IDs (source)
- 360
Sources & records
- Primary source
- Additional source
- Methodology and national police killings trackingMapping Police Violence · Dataset/methodology
- Fatal Force v2 — fatal on-duty police shootings, 2015–2024The Washington Post · Dataset