Records for Willard C. Johnson in Denver are conflicting and appear to describe more than one person, but one entry clearly lists a Willard C. Johnson as a 48-year-old male who was the victim of gun violence on July 14, 1980, in Denver.

Other records that share the name include a Reverend Willard C. Johnson who died on May 9, 2010, in Denver and a Willard A. Johnson who died at age 104 on September 8, 2024, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, but those entries do not align with the 1980 shooting victim and introduce uncertainty about which record, if any, refers to the same individual.

Which Denver-area readers remember the 1980 shooting or have any information that could clarify which records pertain to the same Willard C. Johnson?