I remember this guy from when he randomly disappeared from A&M's campus a couple years ago. At the time, even knowing nothing else about him, I thought that he had to have a mental illness.
Also I'm sure Ra'shad Sames knows him based on the timing of the skyline connection.
Former Texas A&M football playerThomas Linze Johnson was out of football and out of his home.
And, Dallas police say, he was angry. Johnson allegedly took out that rage Monday morning by hacking a jogger to death with a “large-edged weapon” on the White Rock Creek Trail, police said.
“It appears Mr. Johnson picked this victim at random. Absolutely random,” Deputy Chief Rob Sherwin said. “He just attacked him. … It’s just very unusual. It’s quite shocking.”
Johnson, a former star wide receiver, will be charged with murder. He is currently in the Dallas County jail.
Police said officers were called shortly before 8 a.m. and found a man stabbed near White Rock Creek Trail underneath Walnut Hill Lane.
Sherwin said police found Johnson after he walked up to the equestrian center and called 911.
Thomas Johnson today and in 2012.
The victim, who was not carrying identification, died at a nearby hospital. Sherwin said he is white and between 25 and 35. Police ask that anyone with information contact them.
The man was one of two people killed Monday in the White Rock area. Police said the two slayings are not connected at all.
Johnson hasn’t played for Texas A&M since 2012. He had three catches for 22 yards in A&M’s 29-24 win at No. 1 Alabama in 2012. He mysteriously disappeared days later. He resurfaced, but never played college football again.
The Aggies will host the Crimson Tide again this weekend in what would have been Johnson’s senior year. Some close to Johnson said last year he intended to return to football, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
But last year, Johnson was arrested on three charges — evading arrest, burglary of a habitation and auto theft — in Dallas County. He allegedly broke into his aunt’s house and stole her minivan and money.
The aunt told police then that Johnson “had been causing problems in the family for a long period of time,” according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
He declined a jailhouse interview with The Dallas Morning News then.
Johnson had received probation. But court records show that prosecutors wanted his probation revoked because he tested positive for marijuana and failed to meet other conditions of his bond, including paying fees.
Skyline High wide receiver Thomas Johnson flashes a big smile, after he signed his National Letter of Intent to play college football for Texas A&M University at a ceremony held in the Skyline High School library on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. (John F. Rhodes/Special Contributor)
Also I'm sure Ra'shad Sames knows him based on the timing of the skyline connection.
Former Texas A&M football playerThomas Linze Johnson was out of football and out of his home.
And, Dallas police say, he was angry. Johnson allegedly took out that rage Monday morning by hacking a jogger to death with a “large-edged weapon” on the White Rock Creek Trail, police said.
“It appears Mr. Johnson picked this victim at random. Absolutely random,” Deputy Chief Rob Sherwin said. “He just attacked him. … It’s just very unusual. It’s quite shocking.”
Johnson, a former star wide receiver, will be charged with murder. He is currently in the Dallas County jail.
Police said officers were called shortly before 8 a.m. and found a man stabbed near White Rock Creek Trail underneath Walnut Hill Lane.
Sherwin said police found Johnson after he walked up to the equestrian center and called 911.
Thomas Johnson today and in 2012.
The victim, who was not carrying identification, died at a nearby hospital. Sherwin said he is white and between 25 and 35. Police ask that anyone with information contact them.
The man was one of two people killed Monday in the White Rock area. Police said the two slayings are not connected at all.
Johnson hasn’t played for Texas A&M since 2012. He had three catches for 22 yards in A&M’s 29-24 win at No. 1 Alabama in 2012. He mysteriously disappeared days later. He resurfaced, but never played college football again.
The Aggies will host the Crimson Tide again this weekend in what would have been Johnson’s senior year. Some close to Johnson said last year he intended to return to football, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
But last year, Johnson was arrested on three charges — evading arrest, burglary of a habitation and auto theft — in Dallas County. He allegedly broke into his aunt’s house and stole her minivan and money.
The aunt told police then that Johnson “had been causing problems in the family for a long period of time,” according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
He declined a jailhouse interview with The Dallas Morning News then.
Johnson had received probation. But court records show that prosecutors wanted his probation revoked because he tested positive for marijuana and failed to meet other conditions of his bond, including paying fees.
Skyline High wide receiver Thomas Johnson flashes a big smile, after he signed his National Letter of Intent to play college football for Texas A&M University at a ceremony held in the Skyline High School library on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. (John F. Rhodes/Special Contributor)
