In the ensuing armed showdown with police, Johnson was killed and nine bystanders wounded, some by stray police bullets.

“People were yelling ‘Get down, get down’,” said witness Marc Engel. “It took about 15 seconds and a lot of pop, pop, pop, pop, one shot after the other.” Engel saw the wounded scattered along the footpath, including one person “dripping enough blood to leave a stream.”