Death of George County High Football Star Billey Joe Johnson

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In the early morning of December 8, 2008 the victim, Billey Joe Johnson Jr., died from the alleged discharge of his 12 gauge shotgun (Sears Model 200) to his head.

The death occurred in George County, a rural county in southern Mississippi, USA. Johnson was beside his truck on the driveway of a small business park at the time of death.

According to the alleged only witness to the shooting, a police officer, “I walked back to my vehicle got down my glasses to read the driver’s license [of the victim] and I heard a gunshot and glass break. I looked up, the black male fell on the ground and the gun he had in his hand fell on top of him.” The timewas 0530 (5:30 AM).

Mississippi State Medical Examiner (ME) performedthe autopsy. She noted, “… it is not possible to determine whether the decedent discharged the weapon accidentally or intentionally. Therefore, the manner of death is best left undetermined at this time.” The 12 gauge shotgun discharge was external, not intraoral.

The victim’s manner of death was determined accidental by the George County Grand Jury in a decision published February 12, 2009, “The Grand Jury finds that Billey Joe Johnson, Jr. died from a single shotgun blast to the left side of his head entering at the approximate location of his left ear.” The Grand Jury determined that Johnson died from the accidental discharge of the shotgun.
 
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