The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Layquan Johnson who was released in error from a City of New York Department of Correction detention facility. Details are as follows:
At 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 Johnson was released from 320 Jay Street (Brooklyn Supreme Court) in the confines of the 84th Precinct after providing DOC staff with false information.
Johnson is:
Male Black
22 years old
6’3″
220 lbs.
He was wearing a grey sweatshirt, dark-colored pants, and light-colored sneakers.
Johnson was arrested for a non-fatal shooting that occurred on Wednesday, December 9, 2015.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
