Reid Christopher Johnson, 51, was found dead in Minneapolis on January 7, 2024. His body was discovered stuffed inside a garbage bin in the detached garage of a vacant home on the 700 block of 30th Avenue North. A real estate agent who had gone to the property for an open house made the discovery; the same agent had called police the day before about an unknown car parked in the garage.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Johnson’s death a homicide, listing multiple gunshot wounds as the cause. Johnson grew up locally, graduating from Minnehaha Academy in 1991, and had lived in the Minneapolis area since then. Friends and family remember him for his humor, kindness, contagious laugh and the close relationship he had with his children.

Minneapolis police were investigating the fatal shooting and no arrests had been announced. Did anyone in the area see something unusual near that vacant home around January 6 or 7?