Skylar Johnson, 23, was shot and killed just before 3:30 a.m. on September 8, 2024, in Seattle’s Sand Point neighborhood near Magnuson Park. Johnson, a new father to a two-month-old daughter, had stepped outside his apartment to ask a noisy group to quiet down so his girlfriend and baby could sleep. An argument on his porch escalated and multiple gunshots were fired. His girlfriend, Jurnie Williams, found him on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso; he died at the scene despite efforts at CPR and a rapid police response.

The shooting was the third in the area within a month, leaving neighbors shaken and the family devastated. The Seattle Police Department opened an investigation and on September 13, 2024, announced the arrest of a person connected to the case; authorities said the suspect was held for investigation of illegal possession of a firearm while formal charges were being finalized. If anyone saw or heard anything that night near Magnuson Park or has information about the confrontation on the porch, please come forward.