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On Sunday, June 21, at approximately 2:13 a.m., the Howard County Coroner was dispatched to St. Vincent Hospital’s emergency room in reference to a deceased individual.

The decedent has been positively identified as Braylen Tasean Johnson, a 31-year-old male from Kokomo. His family has been notified.

On Tuesday, June 23, an autopsy was performed by a forensic pathologist at the Howard County Coroner’s Office. The preliminary cause of death is multiple gunshot wounds. The manner of death is homicide. Final determination is pending autopsy and toxicology results.

This case remains under investigation by the Kokomo Police Department and the Howard County Coroner’s Office. Anyone having additional information is asked to contact the Kokomo Police Department.