Document: Victim Succumbs to Injuries Sustained in April, Death Ruled Homicide

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The death of 64 year-old William Johnson was ruled a homicide after he succumbed to injuries he sustained in April on Dec. 16.

An autopsy determined the cause of death to be complications from blunt force trauma.

At around 5:40 a.m. on April 7, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers responded to the 3200 block of G Street, SE for the report of a man down. There, they found Johnson unconscious and unresponsive. He was admitted to the hospital in critical condition.

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