Joe Augstell
GRITTY BRANDON JOHNSON MEMORIAL
HOMICIDE CANDLE FOR BRANDON JOHNSON. (old case)
This is University Court in Niagara Falls New York. This is an old case I wanted to write a quick story on, at the time no one ever placed a homicide memorial at the location it happened. So I never did a story on it, for 6 years, but today I decided to put a candle in the general area it happened at. Im not sure which apartment it happene in. On December 8th, 2011, an 18 year old named Gordon Jackson shot and killed a 20 year old Niagara University student named Brandon Johnson in an armed robbery gone terribly wrong. The 20 year old Niagara University student had just moved to Niagara Falls New York from Rochester New York. He was a Niagara University student and was not involved in any street activity. He was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Johnson was at a party that 18 year old Jackson, and an accomplice, 24 year old Cordero Gibson, also of Niagara Falls, NY, decided to run up in the apartment and rob the people inside. The shooter, Gordon Jackson who was actually 17 when he murdered the University student, was armed with a shotgun. And for reasons unknown, pointed the shotgun at Brandon and shot him in the head. Killing him instantly. Jackson was later arrested and sentenced to 21 years to life for second degree murder. Many people in Niagara Falls downplay our violence levels by saying "only people involved in the streets get murdered here" and that "no one innocent ever gets killed here". That is a LIE. And this is one of the cases I reference when I always find myself arguing with people who try to make NF sound "not that bad". Innocent people have been murdered here, and people who visit or who have moved from cities that are deemed worse than ours, like Rochester. Additional note, police say the shooter had been involved in gangs for 2 years during and prior to the murder. Niagara Falls, New York. Lafayette Avenue and University Court.
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links:
news.wbfo.org/post/falls-man-sentenced-killing-niagara-st...
news.wbfo.org/post/niagara-university-student-murdered-ca...
niagaracounty.wgrz.com/news/news/61553-2-arrests-shooting...
www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/stiff-prison-term...
GRITTY BRANDON JOHNSON MEMORIAL
HOMICIDE CANDLE FOR BRANDON JOHNSON. (old case)
This is University Court in Niagara Falls New York. This is an old case I wanted to write a quick story on, at the time no one ever placed a homicide memorial at the location it happened. So I never did a story on it, for 6 years, but today I decided to put a candle in the general area it happened at. Im not sure which apartment it happene in. On December 8th, 2011, an 18 year old named Gordon Jackson shot and killed a 20 year old Niagara University student named Brandon Johnson in an armed robbery gone terribly wrong. The 20 year old Niagara University student had just moved to Niagara Falls New York from Rochester New York. He was a Niagara University student and was not involved in any street activity. He was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Johnson was at a party that 18 year old Jackson, and an accomplice, 24 year old Cordero Gibson, also of Niagara Falls, NY, decided to run up in the apartment and rob the people inside. The shooter, Gordon Jackson who was actually 17 when he murdered the University student, was armed with a shotgun. And for reasons unknown, pointed the shotgun at Brandon and shot him in the head. Killing him instantly. Jackson was later arrested and sentenced to 21 years to life for second degree murder. Many people in Niagara Falls downplay our violence levels by saying "only people involved in the streets get murdered here" and that "no one innocent ever gets killed here". That is a LIE. And this is one of the cases I reference when I always find myself arguing with people who try to make NF sound "not that bad". Innocent people have been murdered here, and people who visit or who have moved from cities that are deemed worse than ours, like Rochester. Additional note, police say the shooter had been involved in gangs for 2 years during and prior to the murder. Niagara Falls, New York. Lafayette Avenue and University Court.
#vice #viceland #fusion #netflix #sundance #worldstar #wshh #worldstarhiphop #noisey #netflixoriginal #toronto #newyork #google #compton #nyc #brooklyn #chicago #canada #newyorkcity #facebook #atlanta #houston #neworleans #miami #flint #detroit
links:
news.wbfo.org/post/falls-man-sentenced-killing-niagara-st...
news.wbfo.org/post/niagara-university-student-murdered-ca...
niagaracounty.wgrz.com/news/news/61553-2-arrests-shooting...
www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/stiff-prison-term...