WASHOUGAL, Wash. (KOIN) — The Washougal community is mourning the death of an 18-year-old recent high school graduate who died earlier this week after an aggressive bacterial infection spread rapidly over just a few days.
The family of Grant Johnson Jr. says he died Monday, just two weeks after graduating from Washougal High School.
Dozens of people gathered in his honor Wednesday night, with friends, family and classmates wearing orange and black, lining fences with signs and joining in prayer for a life cut short.
Julian Martell remembered Johnson as someone who consistently showed up for others…