Jerome "The Kid" Johnson

Jerome "The Kid" Johnson was a character in both Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider Anniversary.

Tomb Raider

Simply referred to as the "Skateboard Kid", he was one of the three Lara had to face whilst working through Natla's Mines. He wielded dual Uzis. He was not given a background for the first game.

Tomb Raider Anniversary

The Kid was small-time gang leader in Los Angeles until his crew tried to carjack Jacqueline Natla's limousine. Natla's bodyguard, Kin Kade, eliminated the entire game but spared the Kid by his employer's request. Natla needed a contact in the West Coast criminal underground and the fast-talking Kid fit the job description. The Kid holds a grudge against Kin Kade for the murder of his blood brothers, but he's just smart enough not to act on any retaliatory impulses.

Anniversary removes the skateboard. Toby Gard explained in the unlockable commentary that it made less sense to have him on a skateboard.

[source: Tomb Raider Anniversary strategy guide]