(L.A.) Ronald Johnson, 64, Died at a Hospital

Case Number: 2024-08685

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 64-year-old Black male that occurred at a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Ronald Johnson.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Hypertensive and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Other Significant Condition: Recent Physical Altercation

RIP RONALD JOHNSON (March 31, 1960 – May 22, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Wednesday at 12:52 p.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on June 24. The decedent was in a fight and then later had a heart attack or went into cardiac arrest.

The medical examiner’s investigator in charge of this case is Breanna Gallagher, the forensic pathologist Dr. Scott Luzi.

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