Maurice Johnson, a 40-year-old father of two, was killed in Detroit in January 2020 after a driver fleeing from police lost control and struck him. Johnson had finished his shift at an oil change shop on Telegraph Road and was walking to a relative’s house to pick up his 2-year-old son when the collision occurred. The fleeing driver had been shot by a police officer earlier after the driver allegedly struck that officer with his car; the officer’s use of force prompted an internal investigation.

Johnson’s family described him as a loving father and said his death will have a devastating effect on his young son, calling the act that killed him as having ran over a totally innocent man. They were notified of the tragedy when a hospital employee answered the family’s phone call to Johnson’s number. Anyone who knew Johnson or has information about the crash is asked to come forward.