NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) — Rosetta Murray is clinging to photographs and memories of her son, Jason Johnson, as she waits for answers she fears may never come. Johnson, a 26-year-old father of five, died after a late-night attack that relatives say was recorded on surveillance cameras but has not yet resulted in any arrests.
Niagara Falls police responded to a call around 11 p.m. on July 3 at a home on Niagara Avenue, where they found Johnson unconscious. He was taken to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, where he died a day later on July 5.
Relatives told us the confrontation began when someone stole items from Johnson’s Pine Avenue home. They said he went to Niagara Avenue to confront the person and was ambushed by a group of people. Murray said in the video that she sees a woman strike her son with a brick, causing him to collapse and seize, and that the group then rifled through his pockets and unlocked his phone before fleeing.
“This is not a third-party story. I’ve seen it,” Murray said. “I just need answers, and I need justice for my son. He wasn’t a John Doe — he was a well-loved, honorable young man.”…