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Ilya Johnson

Age : 6

Gender : Female

Race : Black

Date : 08/24/2022

Location : 1894 Lakenoll Drive, Lake of the Woods Apartments

City : Mount Healthy

County : Hamilton

State : Ohio

Agency : Mount Healthy Police Department; Hamilton County SWAT

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Child killed during police/SWAT standoff

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/21/2022, 6-year-old Iyla Johnson was shot and killed by her father, 40-year-old Eric Johnson, during a police and SWAT standoff at the Lake of the Woods Apartments at 1894 Lakenoll Drive in Mount Healthy. The encounter began during a custody dispute when Eric Johnson would not return Iyla to her mother.
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Mount Healthy police were called at approximately 11:40 a.m. Two officers entered the apartment attempting to recover Iyla and return her to her mother. As officers entered, they heard a gunshot coming from a second-floor bedroom. Officers went upstairs but found the bedroom door barricaded from inside.
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As officers attempted to force entry into the bedroom, additional gunshots were heard. Officers withdrew and requested the Hamilton County SWAT team. Police secured the apartment while SWAT responded and attempted repeatedly to communicate with Eric Johnson.
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After attempts to establish communication failed, SWAT entered the barricaded bedroom and found Iyla and her father dead from gunshot wounds. Mount Healthy Police Chief Vincent Demasi said the preliminary investigation indicated that Johnson shot his daughter and then himself. Police believed the first gunshot officers heard upon entering the apartment was the shot that killed Iyla.
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Iyla was preparing to enter first grade at St. Vivian School. Her family described her as a highly energetic and affectionate child who loved art, dancing, swimming and martial arts and was known within the family as a “social butterfly.”
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.fox19.com/2022/08/23/6-year-old-killed-apparent-murder-suicide-remembered-an-angel/
https://www.kcbd.com/2022/08/22/6-year-old-girl-dad-dead-suspected-murder-suicide-following-custody-dispute-police-say/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cincinnati-family-3-found-dead-210016198.html