A still image from body-worn camera shows Howard P. Johnson moments before he is shot by a Saint Paul police officer on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.
Authorities on Thursday released squad car and body-worn camera video from the fatal shooting of an armed suspect in Saint Paul earlier this week.
The suspect—now identified as Howard P. Johnson, 24—can be seen armed with a gun and appears to fire at least one round before being shot by a responding SPPD officer.
The video, which was released after requests by the suspect’s family, includes portions from Sgt. Cody Blanshan’s body-worn camera and from a squad car near Earl & Hudson.
Officers were initially called nearby after a report of a domestic assault, with a male suspect said to have fled on foot while armed with a gun. After spotting Johnson near the intersection, Blanshan radios that he is holding a firearm in his right hand.
A woman at a business on Hudson Rd. had just left the business and got in to her parked car, she later told investigators with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The woman said as she started to pull away, Johnson approached her vehicle and was pointing the gun at her.
Blanshan radios to dispatch that he saw Johnson pointing the gun at the driver and that he was attempting to carjack her.










