Some say a 24-year-old black man who committed suicide in September may have been murdered. The Hillsborough County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has asked the FBI to look into the death of Damien Johnson as a possible hate crime. Johnson was found hanging from a tree in the woods at Tampa Telecom Park the morning of Sept. 22. Temple Terrace police investigated the death and ruled it a suicide, but Johnson's relatives and others say they wonder if that's what really happened. Members of Johnson's family, along with Temple Terrace resident Eddie Adams Jr., met with police in November to express their concerns about the death. Adams, who ran unsuccessfully for Temple Terrace City Council in November, said he found the suicide suspicious. Adams said he didn't believe a black man would hang himself because of the cultural association with racial lynchings. Adams also questioned why Johnson would walk five miles from his boardinghouse near the University of South Florida to commit suicide.