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(KTLA) — Authorities have confirmed that a man discovered deceased earlier this week near a homeless encampment in Willowbrook, Los Angeles, is former NFL player Kevin Johnson, as reported by various sources.
Johnson’s body was located early Wednesday morning in the 1300 block of East 120th Street, which has led to the initiation of a homicide investigation.
Law enforcement officials searched the encampment, which sits adjacent to an overpass.
Johnson, who is believed to have been living at the site, suffered stab wounds and blunt head trauma, TMZ reported, citing the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The motive for the killing remains unclear, and investigators have not released any suspect information.
Johnson, who was born in Los Angeles and played in the mid‑1990s for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Oakland Raiders, was 55.
