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Man Fatally Shot in the Head on Staten Island Street, Police Say

By Nicholas Rizzi | May 29, 2015 12:02pm
 Paul Johnson, 40, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head on Thursday, May 28, 2015 in Tompkinsville, police said.
Paul Johnson, 40, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head on Thursday, May 28, 2015 in Tompkinsville, police said.
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TOMPKINSVILLE — A man was fatally shot in the head on a Staten Island street Friday night, police said.

Police responded to a call of an assault at 70 Corson Ave. at 9:48 p.m. and found Paul Johnson, 40, lying unconscious on Fremont Street, between Corson Avenue and Brook Street, with a gunshot wound to his head.

Johnson, who lived nearby, was transported to Richmond University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, police said.