Governor Tim Walz orders flags to half-staff for Deputy Fire Marshal Shawn Johnson

Governor Tim Walz issued this half-staff order for all United States flags and Minnesota flags at all state buildings in the State of Minnesota.

The order honors and remembers Deputy Fire Marshal Shawn Johnson of the Minnetonka Fire Department, who died on March 5, 2026, after a two-year battle with cancer.

The proclamation says Johnson served the Minnetonka Fire Department for two decades, beginning in 2006 as a paid-on-call firefighter and later serving in leadership roles, as a fire inspector, and then as Deputy Fire Marshal.

The source states that flags are to be flown at half-staff from sunrise on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, to sunset on Thursday, March 19, 2026. The scope is statewide for state buildings in Minnesota.