Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Earl Johnson succumbed to injuries sustained four days earlier while responding to an officer down call. He was off duty when he heard a radio call from an officer who had just been shot requesting assistance. Officer Johnson got on his police motorcycle and was en route to the scene but lost control of the motorcycle at SW 89th Avenue and 88th Street. The impact of Officer Johnson hitting the ground caused his helmet to crack. He was transported to Baptist Hospital where he died four days later. The officer who had been shot survived. Officer Johnson was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and served in law enforcement for five years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three daughters.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Johnson gave the Metro-Dade Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Miami community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Earl Lee Johnson, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer Earl Lee Johnson, Jr. is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 0.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Metro-Dade Police Department, 9 of 25 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 36% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Earl Lee Johnson, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Earl Lee Johnson, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Earl Lee Johnson, Jr. is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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