John A. Johns
Name: John A. Johns
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 09/28/2010
Location: 2400 Bethel Ave.
Pennsauken Township, New Jersey, 8109
County: Camden
Agency: Pennsauken Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Suicide
Media summary: John A. Johns used his shirt to hang himself inside a jail cell at the Pennsauken Police Department. He hanged himself 14 minutes after being arrested on outstanding warrants and for threatening his girlfriend, police said. Media reports don't state categorically whether he was booked, so this incident may be outside of FatalEncounters dataset, which does not include individuals after they've been booked into the jail or prison system.
Unique ID: 22026
News article: Link
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