New information on 9 year old murder of Shane Johnson
Posted Aug 2, 2013 11:07 am.
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A cold case in Calgary has gotten a little warmer thanks to some new evidence in the 2004 murder of Shane Johnson.
Homicide investigators have released a nine year old surveillance tape from the Greyhound Station with the person on it they believe to be responsible.
It was just after 3 a.m., on Sunday January 25th, when police were called to a parking lot in the 1200 block of 1st Street southwest over reports of an injured man.
Twenty three year old Shane Johnson died later in hospital as a result of stab wounds.
Police believe Johnson left NYLA nightclub after having a brief altercation with another man.
He and a group of friends walked to a nearby parking lot when Johnson suddenly became separated from the group.
At that point, an unidentified man came from behind him, stabbed him and fled the scene.
The person responsible was described as a black male, 5 ft 8, 120lbs, wearing a green jacket and running shoes.
Homicide Staff Sergeant Grant Miller says they’ve now received new information that’s led them to believe their suspect took a Greyhound bus 3 days later to Vancouver.
Miller says they’re working under the premise that the man purchased a ticket under the name “Yosef”.
He also goes by the name “T” or “Tyson.”
They’ve released surveillance video of him at the bus depot at the time, he was wearing a long, dark-green jacket with yellow lining and a white doo-rag.
“At this point, we’re trying to still determine what exactly the motive was,” says Miller. “We’re getting a little bit of conflicting information as to whether or not there was something that led up this.”
Miller says they’d also like to speak to two other people seen with him in the video.
One is described as a man wearing a grey hoodie with the hood pulled up, the other is a woman wearing dark coloured clothing and a dark doo-rag.
The long-time homicide detective tells reporters he believes they’re very close in being able to find this individual.
One of the problems, Miller says, is that many times bus passengers purchase their tickets under an assumed name.
Police interviewed dozens of witnesses in the entertainment district, at the time of the attack.
Staff Sergeant Miller adds they’ve been talking to the Johnson family but declined to share their thoughts on the situation.
He says these types of investigations sometimes will take a fair bit of time to put the pieces of the puzzle back together.
“I’d rather not get into the specifics as to how all of this (new) information has come to the Homicide Unit, but we think it’s relevant and we wanted to get it out,” says Miller.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police or Crimestoppers.
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