Shayna Johnson who was fatally shot earlier sthis month was a protector in the classroom as a Denver Public Schools teacher and outside the classroom, her family said.
A 43-year-old Denver Public Schools teacher whoShayna Johnson died after taking a chance on the man accused of killing her — trying to help him get his own life back on track, said her sister Jessica Johnson. She said the two were dating.Shayna Johnson, who lived in Aurora, was found in the driver’s seat of a crashed SUV the morning of Aug. 2 in the 3100 block of West Ohio Avenue, Denver police said.
The statement says Donte Ellis, 36, was standing in the street with a pistol in his hand when officers arrived. He surrendered and was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder. Johnson died of a gunshot wound to the head, but the probable cause statement does not say what led up to the shooting. For about 22 years, Johnson worked with special-needs students and those who needed behavioral intervention services at Denver Public Schools, most recently at Castro Elementary School.
In 2001, she and her sister Jessica Johnson started working together as elementary school special education paraprofessionals in Montbello before Shayna Johnson moved up to work as a restorative practice coordinator, Jessica Johnson said. In that role, she worked to provide behavioral intervention support to students who needed it.
Her younger brother RJ Johnson said Shayna had a big impact on his life and the lives of their five other siblings as well as Shayna’s two children. She always watched out for them.“And that’s probably one of the reasons she became a teacher — is to protect everybody else’s kids,” he said.
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