Killing of Jonny Gammage
Jonny Gammage, 31, was killed by police officers from several departments around Pittsburgh on October 12, 1995. He was driving a dark blue 1988 Jaguar XJ6 towards his apartment in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. The car he was driving belonged to Ray Seals, an NFL football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers. A coroner’s report by the Allegheny County medical examiner stated that his cause of death was homicide by asphyxiation.
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Jonny Gammage, 31, was killed by police officers from several departments around Pittsburgh on October 12, 1995. He was driving a dark blue 1988 Jaguar XJ6 towards his apartment in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. The car he was driving belonged to Ray Seals, an NFL football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers. A coroner’s report by the Allegheny County medical examiner stated that his cause of death was homicide by asphyxiation due to pressure applied to the chest and neck.
On November 14, 1996, Officer John Vojtas was acquitted. The incident forms the basis of the song ‘Police Story on the Anti-Flag album, A Kind of The Sun’ by rapper A.E. The case is also mentioned by rapper Kanye West in his song ‘Rise of the Sun’ on his album ‘The Sun’ The incident is still being investigated by the Pittsburgh Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice. The Brentwood Police Department settled for USD 125,000 in December 2003.
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