Overview
- Johnson, 55, was found unconscious Wednesday in a homeless encampment in Willowbrook and was pronounced dead.
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified blunt head trauma and stab wounds as the cause of death.
- The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is treating the case as a homicide, and detectives have made no arrests.
- Investigators believe he had been living at the encampment, with friends reporting recent health problems that led to unstable housing.
- The former defensive lineman was a 1993 New England Patriots draft pick who played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Oakland Raiders and later won an ArenaBowl with the Orlando Predators.