Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Johnny Ray Kirk
Gender : Male
Age : 22
Race : White
Date : 07/12/2021
Location : Inez Road & Carrick Avenue
City : Pensacola
County : Escambia
State : Florida
Agency : Escambia County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Deputies from the Escambia County Sheriff's Office stopped a vehicle driven by a woman at 2:45 a.m., with Johnny Ray Kirk and Michael Allen Lawson as passengers. After the stop, Kirk jumped out of the passenger seat and immediately fired toward two deputies who had arrived in separate cruisers. The deputies shot and killed Kirk. He was wanted for allegedly kidnapping two 16-year-old girls in Walton County and murdering an 80-year-old man.
