Murder of Billy Johnson

Murder of Billy Johnson
Previous	James Braswyck's Rite of Blood
Concurrent	Destruction of the Roxxon Gulf Platform
Next	Ambush at the Ten Rings' Indian Diamond Mine
Date	February 25, 2009
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
Type	Assassination
Result	Billy Johnson is shot to death. In an attempt to rescue his brother, Tyrone Johnson gets hit by a wave of Darkforce.
Planned by	James Connors
Executed by	James Connors
Target	Billy Johnson
Casualties	Billy Johnson

The Murder of Billy Johnson was the accidental killing of Billy Johnson by police officer James Connors due to racial prejudice, that was later covered as an accident.

Background

Tyrone Johnson, in an attempt to impress his brother Billy Johnson, stole a stereo from a car. Billy disproved and Tyrone revealed that he felt scared. Billy reassured him, telling him that they would return the radio immediately. Before they could, the brothers were spotted by James Connors and Bradford, two police officers on patrol. Knowing that they could be arrested for the possession of the stereo, Billy and Tyrone fled. Connors and another officer pursued them down to the docks.

Murder

Reaching the docks, Billy Johnson told Tyrone Johnson to hide. With his pistol drawn, James Connors ordered Billy to freeze, and demanded to know the location of Tyrone. Billy insisted that Tyrone was innocent. Tryone inadvertently knocked over a piece of metal, causing Connors to turn around.

Suddenly, Connors was startled by a large explosion from the Roxxon Gulf Platform across from the docks, causing him to reflexively pull the trigger on his pistol and shoot Billy. Billy collapsed into the water, causing Tryone, still wearing an oversized black hoodie, to emerge from his hiding place and dive into the water to rescue Billy. However Billy was already dead and Tryone found himself trapped and drowning. He was then hit by a wave of Darkforce energy, and saw a hand reaching out towards him. He grasped it and then lost consciousness.

Aftermath

James Connors contacted Asa Henderson, who spent an afternoon in the Promenade Society and ensured that Connors would not go to jail. The information regarding Billy Johnson's murder was falsified, and the captain of the police department attempted to convince Adina, Otis, and Tyrone Johnson that the police officer who Tyrone saw murder Billy did not exist.

Eight years later, Tyrone Johnson met Tandy Bowen, who had also been in the water when the Roxxon Gulf Platform was destroyed. Bowen robbed Johnson, who chased after her, and when the two made physical contact, they were blown backward by the Darkforce and Lightforce energy they had absorbed. Johnson developed the ability to teleport and began hunting Connors.

On the anniversary of his brother's death, Johnson partnered with Brigid O'Reilly and Kenneth Fuchs to trick Connors into confessing to the murder, resulting in his arrest. He, Bowen, and Melissa Bowen then held a memorial for Johnson's brother and Nathan Bowen. However, Connors got out soon after and chased Johnson, who trapped him in the Dark Dimension. Connors began feeling remorse and was broken out of the dimension by Tandy Bowen. Connors then partnered with Tyrone and Otis Johnson to get Connors arrested, and told Johnson to get information on him from the Promenade Society. However, the information was not in the society's building, so Tyrone brought Connors to Adina Johnson, to whom Connors revealed the location of her son's body. Adina killed Connors, and Mayhem hung his body in the New Orleans Police Department Station with a sign saying "guilty" on it for the officers to find.