John Benny JohnsonRepeat

On April 17, 2026, officers were dispatched to a stabbing at Lake Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Officers located an adult male (identified herein as Victim 1) who had been stabbed in the leg. Victim 1 was transported to the hospital for treatment. Law enforcement was able to find the incident on Metro Transit surveillance video, which showed a male suspect assaulting a female with him prior to the stabbing. Victim 1 intervened during the assault on the female (identified herein as Victim 2). While Victim 2 is on the ground and the suspect is about to kick her, Victim 1 runs in and pulls the suspect away from the female.

The video then showed the suspect producing a folding knife and stabbing Victim 1 before fleeing. Officers located items consistent with the suspect's jacket and the knife used during the stabbing a short distance away. Both items had apparent blood on them. Law enforcement was able to identify the male suspect in the surveillance video as JOHN BENNY JOHNSON [DOB REDACTED] based on showing surveillance stills of the suspect to multiple people who know JOHNSON personally and identified him. JOHNSON is currently in custody.