Shannon Hilliard Johnson

I got you. Lord, have mercy.

Color: Blue

Blue was Shannon’s favorite color and his family liked this particular color for the memorial.

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The phrases are sayings used by Shannon’s family. ‘I got you’ were the last words Shannon said as he shielded a co-worker during the attack.

Shannon was a health inspector for the Environmental Health Services division. He was a 45-year-old Georgia native who lived in Los Angeles and commuted to San Bernardino by train. He will forever be known as a hero for his selfless act of courage. His brother, Rob Johnson said Shannon was a fearless person and a man of action and it came at no surprise that he acted with heroism on December 2, 2015.