Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

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Unique IDNameAgeGenderRaceDateCityStateLatitudeLongitudeAgency involvedCause of deathIntended use of forceBrief descriptionSupporting document link
30897Steven Robert Johnson52MaleEuropean-American/White09/04/2021DefianceOH41.32867588-84.29224656Ohio State Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Sergeant Fernando Chavez was in his cruiser completing a citation on the side of the U.S. Route 24 when a small pickup truck being driven by Justin Johnson, of Defiance, ran off the road and struck Chavez's patrol car and the car that he had pulled over. Steven Johnson was riding in the passenger seat and was killed. Justin Johnson was flown to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

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30898Devlyn Glen Voss19MaleEuropean-American/White09/05/2021MinnetonkaMN44.907823-93.4476142Eden Prairie Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Eden Prairie police responded to a 911 call of cars racing in the area of Flying Cloud Drive and Crosstown Circle around 1:40 a.m. When police pulled up, they say the drivers involved drove away, and officers began to chase one of the vehicles. Officers reportedly lost sight of the vehicle near the 494 overpass, but found it a short time later crashed. Driver Devlyn Glen Voss, 19, and passenger Marina Emms, 19, were killed.

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30900Marina Emms19FemaleEuropean-American/White09/05/2021MinnetonkaMN44.907823-93.4476142Eden Prairie Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Eden Prairie police responded to a 911 call of cars racing in the area of Flying Cloud Drive and Crosstown Circle around 1:40 a.m. When police pulled up, they say the drivers involved drove away, and officers began to chase one of the vehicles. Officers reportedly lost sight of the vehicle near the 494 overpass, but found it a short time later crashed. Driver Devlyn Glen Voss, 19, and passenger Marina Emms, 19, were killed.

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30903Karla Rico28FemaleHispanic/Latino09/06/2021GarlandTX32.8943851-96.6491785Garland Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

About 3:30 p.m., a Garland police officer stopped the driver of a Honda Accord. When the officer reportedly found evidence of drugs inside the car, the driver, Bobby Lee Murphy, 37, sped away. Police pursued Murphy, who also had two passengers in the car, but lost him as he drove north on Garland Avenue. Another officer spotted Murphy, who drove through a red light at an intersection and hit a silver Toyota. The driver of the Toyota, Karla Rico, was killed. Her son was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

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30916Akiem Louis Brown26MaleAfrican-American/Black09/08/2021MilwaukeeWI43.02901787-88.00330649Wisconsin State Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Akiem Brown was killed and two others were seriously injured after a crash on I-94 during a chase with Wisconsin State Patrol. Police withheld details regarding what precipitated the chase or caused the crash.

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30918Leo Alan Ray35MaleEuropean-American/White09/08/2021WalfordIA41.88540699-91.82366457Linn County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 12:04 p.m., the Linn County Sheriff's Office received a call about a domestic dispute involving a woman trying to jump out of a vehicle. A deputy made contact with the vehicle at around 12:23 p.m. and observed the female passenger still in the car. He attempted to pull over the vehicle, but the vehicle did not stop, and the deputy pursued. At around 12:27 p.m., the deputy decided that the driver of the vehicle he was chasing was acting too recklessly and reportedly ended the chase. About a minute later, the deputy reported seeing debris flying in the air after an apparent collision. The deputy saw that the Nissan Altima had crossed the center line and hit a northbound dump truck in Walford. Leo Alan Ray, 35, and Stacey Lynn Watts, 35, in the Altima were ejected from the vehicle and were killed.

ktiv.com
30920Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified09/08/2021Kansas CityMO39.1648861-94.5411535Kansas City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officers tried to pull over a dirt bike-style motorcycle for a traffic violation but reportedly stopped the pursuit a few blocks away. The motorcyclist continued to flee at a high rate of speed and then crashed into a pickup truck after blowing a stop sign, police said.

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30922Stacey Lynn Watts35FemaleEuropean-American/White09/08/2021WalfordIA41.88540699-91.82366457Linn County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 12:04 p.m., the Linn County Sheriff's Office received a call about a domestic dispute involving a woman trying to jump out of a vehicle. A deputy made contact with the vehicle at around 12:23 p.m. and observed the female passenger still in the car. He attempted to pull over the vehicle, but the vehicle did not stop, and the deputy pursued. At around 12:27 p.m., the deputy decided that the driver of the vehicle he was chasing was acting too recklessly and reportedly ended the chase. About a minute later, the deputy reported seeing debris flying in the air after an apparent collision. The deputy saw that the Nissan Altima had crossed the center line and hit a northbound dump truck in Walford. Leo Alan Ray, 35, and Stacey Lynn Watts, 35, in the Altima were ejected from the vehicle and were killed.

ktiv.com
30924Wyatt Christopher Maser23MaleEuropean-American/White05/18/2020Idaho FallsID43.5109977-111.8861517Bonneville County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Deputies found a distraught Jenna Holmon a rural road with a machete. During the incident, Maser was hit and killed by Sgt. Randy Flagel, who was also responding in his patrol vehicle. Prosecutors claim Holm committed several unlawful acts, which indirectly resulted in Maser's death. Holm has been charged with felony involuntary manslaughter and felony aggravated assault.

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30925Jasmin Casique-Negrete17FemaleHispanic/Latino06/12/2020SewardNE40.8580817-97.2159235Seward County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Seward County Sheriff's Office's dispatch center got a call about 10 a.m. about an SUV on Interstate 80 driving slowly and swerving. At the Seward exit, a deputy spotted the white Hyundai Santa Fe and tried to stop it. But the SUV fled, and during the pursuit, the deputy learned the SUV had been reported stolen June 1 in Harrison County, Iowa. Fernandez Bonilla lost control, causing the SUV to leave the gravel road and enter the west ditch, throwing both him and his passenger. Jasmin Casique-Negrete died immediately. Julio Fernandez Bonilla, 19, pleaded no contest to manslaughter for the crash that killed Casique-Negrete.

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30927Alexia Simpson17FemaleRace unspecified07/30/2021Palm Beach GardensFL26.8409383-80.1985645West Palm Beach Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Christopher Garrett, 17, was driving a Nissan Rogue SUV on July 30 when he ran a red light going more than 100 mph while fleeing police and collided with a vehicle that was turning left. His passengers Jay'Oni Leonard, 14, Alexia Simpson, 17, were killed as were Elizabeth Anderson, 62, and George Nienhouse, 65, the driver and passenger in the other vehicle. Garrett was charged as an adult in four counts of vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter.

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30928Elizabeth Anderson62FemaleEuropean-American/White07/30/2021Palm Beach GardensFL26.8409383-80.1985645West Palm Beach Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Christopher Garrett, 17, was driving a Nissan Rogue SUV on July 30 when he ran a red light going more than 100 mph while fleeing police and collided with a vehicle that was turning left. His passengers Jay'Oni Leonard, 14, Alexia Simpson, 17, were killed as were Elizabeth Anderson, 62, and George Nienhouse, 65, the driver and passenger in the other vehicle. Garrett was charged as an adult in four counts of vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter.

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30929George John Nienhouse Jr.65MaleEuropean-American/White07/30/2021Palm Beach GardensFL26.8409383-80.1985645West Palm Beach Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Christopher Garrett, 17, was driving a Nissan Rogue SUV on July 30 when he ran a red light going more than 100 mph while fleeing police and collided with a vehicle that was turning left. His passengers Jay'Oni Leonard, 14, Alexia Simpson, 17, were killed as were Elizabeth Anderson, 62, and George Nienhouse, 65, the driver and passenger in the other vehicle. Garrett was charged as an adult in four counts of vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter.

wtsp.com
30930Jay'Oni Leonard14MaleRace unspecified07/30/2021Palm Beach GardensFL26.8409383-80.1985645West Palm Beach Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Christopher Garrett, 17, was driving a Nissan Rogue SUV on July 30 when he ran a red light going more than 100 mph while fleeing police and collided with a vehicle that was turning left. His passengers Jay'Oni Leonard, 14, Alexia Simpson, 17, were killed as were Elizabeth Anderson, 62, and George Nienhouse, 65, the driver and passenger in the other vehicle. Garrett was charged as an adult in four counts of vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter.

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30931Nathaniel Harvey Sr.45MaleAfrican-American/Black09/05/2021WhitesboroNY43.1198279-75.2930882Yorkville Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Nathaniel Harvey was killed he lost control of his motorcycle around 1:15 a.m. while fleeing a police stop. A Yorkville police officer attempted to stop Harvey after seeing him speeding on Oriskany Boulevard, but after Harvey slowed down, he suddenly accelerated away. The officer saw him lose control and appear to hydroplane before crashing. Harvey was killed.

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30939Gavin Thomas Ouellette6MaleEuropean-American/White09/10/2021BowNH43.178946-71.565348Bow Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Bow Police Officer Thomas Ouellette, 44, was driving his Ford Expedition southbound when his vehicle drifted from the right-hand travel lane into the breakdown lane and struck the rear of a disabled tractor-trailer truck that was parked in that lane. His children, Nicholas Ouellette, 16, and Gavin Ouellette, 6, were killed. While it was not reported in news media, since it was his personal vehicle, FE assumes Officer Ouellette was off-duty.

unionleader.com
30943Leden Boykins12MaleAfrican-American/Black09/10/2021DouglasvilleGA33.78924485-84.75120677Georgia State Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Less-than-lethal force

Troopers pulled over Charlie Moore for speeding. They said that he did not produce his driver's license. Moore allegedly drove off and began speeding again while driving recklessly, for three and a half miles along Highway 92, until troopers knocked the vehicle off the road using a police vehicle. Moore's car spun off the highway and flipped upside down. Passenger Leden Boykins was killed.

11alive.com
30944Nicholas Ouellette16MaleEuropean-American/White09/10/2021BowNH43.178946-71.565348Bow Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Bow Police Officer Thomas Ouellette, 44, was driving his Ford Expedition southbound when his vehicle drifted from the right-hand travel lane into the breakdown lane and struck the rear of a disabled tractor-trailer truck that was parked in that lane. His children, Nicholas Ouellette, 16, and Gavin Ouellette, 6, were killed. While it was not reported in news media, since it was his personal vehicle, FE assumes Officer Ouellette was off-duty.

unionleader.com
30945D'monte L. Harris21MaleAfrican-American/Black09/11/2021Fort SillOK34.5923757-98.4222085Lawton Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 3:30 a.m., Lawton police attempted to pull over a black Camaro for reckless driving. The driver, D'monte L. Harris, fled, and police pursued until Harris crashed at the intersection of SW Sheridan Road and SW Jefferson Avenue, killing Harris.

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30951Dahian Pena19MaleRace unspecified09/12/2021RoswellGA34.0078401-84.2992341Roswell Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police responded to several 911 calls about two cars racing When police tracked them down at a red light, the officer wrote that another car tried to block his patrol car, while the other two vehicles took off on Holcomb Bridge Road. Police pursued at speeds up to 120 miles per hour before a supervisor told the officer to call off the chase. Reportedly, 10 seconds later, one of the cars careened off the road, and two people inside were both thrown from it. Dahian Pena was killed, while an 18-year-old passenger was seriously injured.

11alive.com
30952Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified09/12/2021Winslow TownshipNJ39.736105-75.0001423Gloucester Township Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Two Gloucester Township officers pursued a man after a hit-and-run around 10:15 p.m. but reportedly broke it off. Winslow police found the man was in a crash with three vehicles that had been driving in the opposite direction on Sicklerville Road. The driver was killed.

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30956Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified09/13/2021Las VegasNV36.239682-115.232637Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • No

Police responded to a restaurant for a man with a knife who was trying to start a fight with an employee. Officers made contact with the man who initially complied with their orders, then took off running, leading police on a chase. The man then jumped a freeway wall and was hit by a vehicle on U.S. 95.

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30960Cary Ojeda55FemaleHispanic/Latino09/15/2021OlivehurstCA39.0918537-121.5516588Yuba County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

The driver of a reportedly stolen pickup truck, Chase Hammonds, 25, headed the wrong way on Highway 70 while trying to evade a sheriff's office vehicle and struck two other vehicles. Cary Ojeda, 55, and her daughter, Deanna Hernandez, 36, were killed. Hammonds suffered minor injuries in the crash. Hammonds faces two counts of murder, along with charges of vehicle theft, evading police, crossing a divided highway and hit-and-run.

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30963Deanna Hernandez36FemaleHispanic/Latino09/15/2021OlivehurstCA39.0918537-121.5516588Yuba County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

The driver of a reportedly stolen pickup truck, Chase Hammonds, 25, headed the wrong way on Highway 70 while trying to evade a sheriff's office vehicle and struck two other vehicles. Cary Ojeda, 55, and her daughter, Deanna Hernandez, 36, were killed. Hammonds suffered minor injuries in the crash. Hammonds faces two counts of murder, along with charges of vehicle theft, evading police, crossing a divided highway and hit-and-run.

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30968Derrick Dion Simpson48MaleRace unspecified09/16/2021SacramentoCA38.468698-121.41708Elk Grove Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Elk Grove police were chasing a gold Honda Accord. The police called off the chase when the vehicle got onto SR-99 southbound at Calvine Road and started going the wrong way. Troopers picked up the chase. The suspect, 34-year-old Jacob McPherson, hit a Honda Insight head-on. All three people in the wreck were taken out of their respective vehicles and taken to local hospitals. The passenger of the Honda Accord, Derrick Dion Simpson, was killed. McPherson and the driver of the Honda Insight were both seriously injured.

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30976Amelian Tremond Houff20MaleAfrican-American/Black08/29/2021SacramentoCA38.5108711-121.3349006Sacramento Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officers were responding to a burglary in progress at a marijuana dispensary. When officers arrived, they located multiple vehicles leaving at a high rate of speed. When officers attempted to stop the vehicles, the vehicles fled, and officers pursued. One of the vehicles crashed into a tree about 3 miles away from Light Sky Court. Amelian Tremond Houff was killed.

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30977Apolline Mong-Guillemin0.25FemaleRace unspecified09/11/2021BrooklynNY40.6842129-73.9680614City of New York Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Tyrik Mott, 28, allegedly drove the wrong way while fleeing police and smashed into another driver, whose vehicle jumped the curb and hit and killed 3-month-old Apolline Guillemin being pushed in a stroller by her mother. Before the crash, cops had chased Mott for breaking a red light at a "high rate of speed," but reportedly lost sight of him.

amny.com
30982Joshua "Josh" B. Castellano35MaleEuropean-American/White09/17/2021Spring ValleyNV36.1262688-115.2082191New Haven Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Officer Robert Ferraro was arrested in Las Vegas for showing signs of impairment after the Rolls Royce he was driving crashed and killed Joshua Castellano.

courant.com
30983Abagale Victorine Holladay25FemaleEuropean-American/White09/18/2021HartselleAL34.4591667-86.9474192Morgan County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At about 10:30 p.m., deputies pursued a vehicle at a high rate of speed. A traffic stop was initiated with the vehicle accelerating to over 100 mph and failing to yield. At 10:31 the pursuit reportedly was canceled due to road conditions. About three minutes later, the vehicle was located at a single-vehicle rollover wreck. Harley Wayne Hill, 24, and Abagale Victorine Holladay, 25, were killed.

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30986Harley Wayne Hill24MaleRace unspecified09/18/2021HartselleAL34.4591667-86.9474192Morgan County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At about 10:30 p.m., deputies pursued a vehicle at a high rate of speed. A traffic stop was initiated with the vehicle accelerating to over 100 mph and failing to yield. At 10:31 the pursuit reportedly was canceled due to road conditions. About three minutes later, the vehicle was located at a single-vehicle rollover wreck. Harley Wayne Hill, 24, and Abagale Victorine Holladay, 25, were killed.

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30987James Andrew Black27MaleEuropean-American/White09/18/2021PhippsburgME43.838152-69.8127876Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

James A. Black was killed when he crashed his 2007 GMC Envoy into a utility pole in Phippsburg. The crash happened shortly after police used a spike mat to deflate the vehicle's tires.

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30998Rodney Drake Key30MaleRace unspecified09/21/2021Center PointAL33.6457358-86.6838263Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Deadly force

Rodney Drake Key was pursued at high speeds by multiple agencies on a 2005 Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle traveling north on Center Point Parkway. He crashed and was killed.

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31000Daisha Voo Reynolds19FemaleEuropean-American/White09/22/2021DanielUT40.4656803-111.3854848Wasatch County Sheriff's Office, Summit County Sheriff's Office, Utah Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Less-than-lethal force

Deputies attempted to pull a vehicle over, and it did not stop. The pursued through Midway, where officers twice lost sight of the vehicle. They resumed the chase on River Road and traveled on to U.S. 40, where speeds approached 100 mph. Officers flattened the tires, and the vehicle crashed and rolled, killing Daisha Reynolds and seriously injuring the driver.

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31004Troy Allen Engstrom48MaleEuropean-American/White09/22/2021Mounds ViewMN45.1008094-93.1999832Ramsey County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Deadly force

Troy Allen Engstrom, who was a suspect in a felony domestic assault, shot at a pursuing officers, hitting one officer's vehicle just above the driver's side windshield, and a Ramsey County deputy's vehicle just below the driver's side windshield. Ramsey County Deputy Donald Rindal rammed Engstrom with his car, killing him.

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31013Gabriel Salazar19MaleHispanic/Latino09/25/2021Las ColoniasTX28.7284377-99.8394671Zavala County Sheriff's Office, Crystal City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 1:30 a.m., the Zavala County Sheriff's Office heard a call from the Crystal City Police Department. The officer with CCPD was in pursuit of a white Chevy Camaro that was traveling north toward La Pryor. The deputy deployed a tire deflection device and the Camaro rolled over, crashed and was engulfed in flames. Driver Gabriel Salazar, 19, and passengers Jose Luis Jimenez-Mora, 41, Jose Molina-Lara, 23, and Sergio Espinoza-Flores, 36, were killed.

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31014Jose Luis Jimenez-Mora41MaleHispanic/Latino09/25/2021Las ColoniasTX28.7284377-99.8394671Zavala County Sheriff's Office, Crystal City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 1:30 a.m., the Zavala County Sheriff's Office heard a call from the Crystal City Police Department. The officer with CCPD was in pursuit of a white Chevy Camaro that was traveling north toward La Pryor. The deputy deployed a tire deflection device and the Camaro rolled over, crashed and was engulfed in flames. Driver Gabriel Salazar, 19, and passengers Jose Luis Jimenez-Mora, 41, Jose Molina-Lara, 23, and Sergio Espinoza-Flores, 36, were killed.

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31015Jose Molina-Lara23MaleHispanic/Latino09/25/2021Las ColoniasTX28.7284377-99.8394671Zavala County Sheriff's Office, Crystal City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 1:30 a.m., the Zavala County Sheriff's Office heard a call from the Crystal City Police Department. The officer with CCPD was in pursuit of a white Chevy Camaro that was traveling north toward La Pryor. The deputy deployed a tire deflection device and the Camaro rolled over, crashed and was engulfed in flames. Driver Gabriel Salazar, 19, and passengers Jose Luis Jimenez-Mora, 41, Jose Molina-Lara, 23, and Sergio Espinoza-Flores, 36, were killed.

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31016Maureena Charles Reid85FemaleRace unspecified09/25/2021GrandviewTX32.2319251-97.2731741Hill County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A relative of a Bosque County boy and girl, Randall Thurman, 34, abducted the siblings and was killed when he intentionally steered a car into the path of an oncoming motorist as deputies pursed him. The other driver, Maureena Charles Reid, 85, was also killed in the collision in Johnson County.

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31017Randall Anthony Thurman34MaleEuropean-American/White09/25/2021GrandviewTX32.2319251-97.2731741Hill County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A relative of a Bosque County boy and girl, Randall Thurman, 34, abducted the siblings and was killed when he intentionally steered a car into the path of an oncoming motorist as deputies pursed him. The other driver, Maureena Charles Reid, 85, was also killed in the collision in Johnson County.

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31020Sergio Espinoza-Flores36MaleHispanic/Latino09/25/2021Las ColoniasTX28.7284377-99.8394671Zavala County Sheriff's Office, Crystal City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 1:30 a.m., the Zavala County Sheriff's Office heard a call from the Crystal City Police Department. The officer with CCPD was in pursuit of a white Chevy Camaro that was traveling north toward La Pryor. The deputy deployed a tire deflection device and the Camaro rolled over, crashed and was engulfed in flames. Driver Gabriel Salazar, 19, and passengers Jose Luis Jimenez-Mora, 41, Jose Molina-Lara, 23, and Sergio Espinoza-Flores, 36, were killed.

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31030Carlos Antonio Douglas38MaleAfrican-American/Black09/30/2021FlorenceSC34.1606782-79.7560499Florence County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Deadly force

About 3:20 a.m., a deputy spotted a car driving 90 mph on Alligator Road. The deputy activated the blue lights and siren and tried to stop the vehicle. The deputy reportedly backed off the pursuit as the vehicle approached a red light at an intersection. Shortly after going through the intersection, police said the vehicle lost control, crossed the median, ran through a fence surrounding a retention pond and went into the water. Carlos Antonio Douglas was killed.

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31037William Casselman69MaleRace unspecified09/30/2021OgdenUT41.2164643-111.9705669Weber State Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

At approximately 10:41 p.m., a Weber State officer was driving westbound on Washington Boulevard when the officer struck and killed William Casselman.

kutv.com
31040Fnan Measho18MaleAfrican-American/Black10/01/2021HoustonTX29.7327665-95.4846246Houston Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At approximately 10:30 p.m., an officer with the Houston Police Department spotted Ahmedal Tayeb Elnouman Modawi, who was driving a white Infiniti G37, doing doughnuts in a parking lot. When the officer activated his sirens in an attempt to conduct a traffic stop, police said Modawi fled at high speed down the residential street. Modawi then allegedly hit three valets, 22-year-old Eric Orduna, 23-year-old Nick Rodriguez and 18-year-old Fnan Measho, before flipping the vehicle and crashing into a fence. Modawi, 17, is charged with three counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault with serious bodily injury.

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31044Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified10/01/2021MiddleboroMA43.647455-70.2728379Lakeville Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 11:45 p.m., a Lakeville police officer reportedly spotted a motorcycle operating recklessly on Main Street, traveling at a speed of 68 miles per hour in a 40 miles per hour zone. The officer tried to pull the motorcycle over, but the driver did not stop. The officer briefly followed the motorcycle on Main Street but reportedly abandoned pursuit. A short time after calling off the pursuit but continuing to follow, the officer came upon the motorcycle, which had crashed into a telephone pole just over the Middleboro town line, killing the driver.

nbcboston.com
31045Eric Augustine Orduna22MaleHispanic/Latino10/02/2021HoustonTX29.73278-95.4838231Houston Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At approximately 10:30 p.m., an officer with the Houston Police Department spotted Ahmedal Tayeb Elnouman Modawi, who was driving a white Infiniti G37, doing doughnuts in a parking lot. When the officer activated his sirens in an attempt to conduct a traffic stop, police said Modawi fled at high speed down the residential street. Modawi then allegedly hit three valets, 22-year-old Eric Orduna, 23-year-old Nick Rodriguez and 18-year-old Fnan Measho, before flipping the vehicle and crashing into a fence. Modawi, 17, is charged with three counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault with serious bodily injury.

abc13.com
31048Robyn Danyel Murrel27FemaleAfrican-American/Black10/02/2021Des MoinesIA41.5842028-93.5583339Des Moines Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At 3:26 a.m., n officer saw a car driving fast and began pursuing it. About a minute later, the officer reportedly called off the chase when the car got too far ahead. Police said Robyn Danyel Murrel lost control and crashed into a tree. She was killed; her passenger was injured.

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31053Janelle Natashia Gardiner37FemaleHispanic/Latino10/03/2021ChicagoIL41.9540785-87.6885312Chicago Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 3 a.m., a Chicago police officer reportedly heard gunshots and saw muzzle flashes come from a Toyota as he was stopped at a traffic light. People inside a black sedan were also thought to have been involved in the gunfight. The officer turned on emergency lights and began to follow the Camry, which fled and ran the red light at Irving Park and Western Avenue and struck a northbound Nissan. Janelle Gardiner, a passenger in the Nissan, was ejected and killed.

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31055Nick Rodriguez23MaleHispanic/Latino10/03/2021HoustonTX29.732035-95.4847136Houston Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At approximately 10:30 p.m., an officer with the Houston Police Department spotted Ahmedal Tayeb Elnouman Modawi, who was driving a white Infiniti G37, doing doughnuts in a parking lot. When the officer activated his sirens in an attempt to conduct a traffic stop, police said Modawi fled at high speed down the residential street. Modawi then allegedly hit three valets, 22-year-old Eric Orduna, 23-year-old Nick Rodriguez and 18-year-old Fnan Measho, before flipping the vehicle and crashing into a fence. Modawi, 17, is charged with three counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault with serious bodily injury.

abc13.com
31056Paula Kennedy58MaleEuropean-American/White10/03/2021Blacklick EstatesOH39.9153177-82.8635183Madison Township Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A report of a stolen vehicle came in at 8:44 a.m. Three minutes later, an officer spotted the vehicle, a 2022 Mercedes SL. An officer turned on police lights and siren and tried to stop the car. The driver ran through a red light and crashed into another vehicle moments later, and he was injured. Paula Kennedy, who was in the other vehicle, was killed.

10tv.com
31068Kemarr "Marr-Marr" D. Thomas20MaleAfrican-American/Black10/05/2021ToledoOH41.6455268-83.5825293Toledo Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Toledo police were attempting to stop a vehicle when the driver fled, leading police on a chase before crashing into a duplex. The vehicle ended upside down in the home. The 20-year-old passenger, Kemarr D. Thomas, was killed in the crash, and the 27-year-old driver was seriously injured.

wtol.com
31073Calob House34MaleEuropean-American/White10/06/2021MilwaukeeWI43.022674-87.9394674Milwaukee Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officers tried to stop a vehicle for reckless driving around 1:10 a.m. The driver of the vehicle did not stop, and police pursued. During the chase, the fleeing vehicle allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian, Calob House. Officers then reportedly called off the chase.

wisn.com
31078Julius Filep55MaleRace unspecified08/01/2021East BrunswickNJ40.4614081-74.4026378East Brunswick Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • No

Julius Filep got out of a stopped car and walked in the oncoming lane of traffic. Officer Mitchell Ngai, who was on-duty, was operating a marked patrol vehicle on State Route 18, responding to a reported motor vehicle accident in the southbound lanes of the roadway. He was traveling northbound in the vicinity of the reported accident at approximately 3:35 a.m. when he struck and killed Filep at 4:13 a.m.

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31096Jawuan James Ginyard26MaleAfrican-American/Black10/09/2021BaltimoreMD39.26220779-76.70529112Maryland Transportation Police Authority
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 2:46 a.m., an officer with the Maryland Transportation Police Authority spotted a car speeding and weaving in and out of lanes. The officer pursued the vehicle onto I-95 south, where he tried pulling the car over. The driver, Jawuan James Ginyard, sped away and exited onto I-695. The officer continued the chase, believing the driver was impaired. Ginyard lost control causing the vehicle to hit the median. The impact threw him from the vehicle, killing him.

wmar2news.com
31132Name withheld by police52MaleRace unspecified10/11/2021Polk CityFL28.15769155-81.81038139Florida Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

A trooper pulled his marked cruiser into the path of the motorcyclist on I-4 around 7:30 p.m. The motorcyclist crashed into the front right side of the cruiser and was ejected from his bike. The motorcyclist then fell into the road and was hit by a semi and killed.

abcactionnews.com
31139Thy Hoang Vu33FemaleAsian/Pacific Islander10/16/2021Salt Lake CityUT40.7802168-111.9254258North Salt Lake Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

North Salt Lake police received a report around noon of two men allegedly passing a bottle of whiskey back and forth as one of them drove a Ford F-250, weaving in and out of traffic and running people off the road. The driver was later identified as Christian Cody Facer, 39. Officers found the truck on U.S. Route 89 and pursued. Facer then drove onto Interstate 15, at times surpassing speeds of 100 mph, then exited into the Salt Lake City area and allegedly struck Thy Hoang Vu's vehicle at about 70 mph. Vu was killed. Facer was charged with murder and multiple other charges.

ksltv.com
31140Michael "Mike" C. Beaver36MaleEuropean-American/White10/17/2021ElizabethtownKY37.71234087-85.82934614Kentucky State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At least one trooper pursued a Yamaha motorcycle beginning around 2:52 p.m. The motorcyclist, Michael Beaver, continued to travel on the parkway and onto I-65, entering at 91 mile marker. After exiting I-65 three miles further northbound, Beaver lost control on the off ramp, crashed and was killed.

wdrb.com
31142Tishara Pugh36FemaleAfrican-American/Black10/18/2021RochesterNY43.1432852-77.6230626Rochester Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An officer spotted a stolen vehicle on Bartlett Street but reportedly did not turn on the emergency lights and did not pursue. The vehicle fled. The car did not travel far before striking another vehicle. A man and a woman were inside that car. The woman, Tishara Pugh, was killed; the man was seriously injured.

spectrumlocalnews.com
31149Starlin Manuel Diaz Felipe19MaleHispanic/Latino10/19/2021HoltsvilleNY40.822311-73.020061Suffolk County Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Suffolk police officers in a marked police cruiser noticed a 2004 Toyota Tacoma had stolen license plates and attempted a traffic stop. The Toyota's alleged driver, Robert Hengeveld, 50, failed to stop and fled from officers. As officers pursued, the Tacoma crashed into the Honda around 11:40 p.m. The driver of the Honda, Starlin Diaz Felipe, was killed. Hengevel was arrested and charged with reckless driving, unlawfully fleeing a police officer, criminal possession of stolen property, and multiple bench warrants.

msn.com
31156Jamaal "Smurfee" Parish Mitchell35MaleAfrican-American/Black10/21/2021SalisburyMD38.388733-75.617641Salisbury Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At 10 p.m., a Salisbury police officer saw a car without lights and swerving. The officer attempted a traffic stop, but the driver fled. The officer pursued the car believing that the driver was impaired. The driver turned onto Queen Avenue and struck a Wicomico County Sheriff's cruiser. He proceeded to Queen Avenue and struck another vehicle. The second crash caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle and enter Duchess Drive, where he struck a parked vehicle and hit a tree and was killed.

foxbaltimore.com
31158Marvin Edward "Peanut" Honey59MaleAfrican-American/Black10/21/2021WhitehavenTN35.0355079-90.0251501Memphis Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Memphis and Bartlett tried to stop 19-year-old Johnny Landon, whom they said had active warrants for aggravated assault. Landon stopped briefly, then hit a Bartlett squad car and fled. Memphis Police pursued Landon's vehicle but said they lost sight of him. Landon crashed into another vehicle, killing the driver, Marvin Honey.

localmemphis.com
31164Name withheld by policeMaleRace unspecified10/22/2021Oklahoma CityOK35.392024-97.512458Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 4 a.m., a robbery was reported at a 7-Eleven. Two people fled south in a red Saturn on Western Avenue. An Oklahoma City police officer spotted the vehicle and pulled up behind it. The vehicle stopped in a nearby lot, but then sped away. The vehicle then entered I-240's westbound lanes in the wrong direction, and the police officer, traveling east in the eastbound lanes, pursued the fleeing vehicle. The fleeing vehicle collided head-on with another vehicle. The person driving the vehicle was killed, and the passenger was injured, as was the driver of the other vehicle.

oklahoman.com
31209Amity Jo Grey47FemaleEuropean-American/White11/06/2021ChesapeakeVA36.774296-76.4547056Virginia State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police attempted to pull over a vehicle associated with an aggravated assault, suspected abduction, and suspected DUI. The vehicle reportedly did not pull over and eventually went on the interstate. State police knocked the vehicle off the road, and the vehicle overturned. Amity Jo Grey, 47, was killed on impact. Brian Price, 45, reportedly ran from the vehicle, and troopers eventually caught up to him. A fight reportedly began, and a trooper shot and killed Price.

13newsnow.com
31337Bobby Lee Byrd Jr.40MaleEuropean-American/White12/14/2021BurnsvilleNC35.9186-82.2765North Carolina State Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
31350Julia Lynn Callaway55FemaleAfrican-American/Black05/10/2018ChicagoIL41.7507259-87.6260999Chicago Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officers reportedly smelled a "strong odor of cannabis" coming from Curtis Pugh's Nissan. When officers pulled up to the vehicle, Pugh allegedly sped off with two passengers inside, swerving through traffic and running stop signs and red lights before driving onto a sidewalk and killing Julia Callaway.

suntimes.com
31351Reniece Randle37FemaleAfrican-American/Black07/24/2019St. LouisMO38.6475867-90.2311949St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An officer spotted Harris involved in a drug deal in the city's College Hill neighborhood, and the officer turned on his lights and sirens in an attempt to stop Harris' Jeep Cherokee. The officer said he suspended the chase, and a second officer also tried to stop Harris but pulled back because of Harris' dangerous speed. Harris collided with a Chevrolet Tracker. Reniece Randle was in the Tracker and was killed.

stltoday.com
31352Dulce Maria Castro Perez21FemaleHispanic/Latino10/19/2021BrightonCO39.9868316-104.7561271Brighton Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officers were dispatched on a report of a suspicious vehicle just after 11 a.m. Police realized the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Westminster. When more police arrived, Southard said Nicholas Vilarina, 25, allegedly rammed a squad car, and police pursued until Vilarina allegedly ran a stop sign and struck another car. A female passenger in that other car, Dulce Maria Castro Perez, 21, was killed. Police said the driver in the stolen car continued on Bierstadt, lost control of the car then hit a pedestrian, Gustavo Mosqueda Ortega, 25, who was also killed.

kdvr.com
31353Gustavo Mosqueda Ortega25MaleHispanic/Latino10/19/2021BrightonCO39.9868316-104.7561271Brighton Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officers were dispatched on a report of a suspicious vehicle just after 11 a.m. Police realized the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Westminster. When more police arrived, Southard said Nicholas Vilarina, 25, allegedly rammed a squad car, and police pursued until Vilarina allegedly ran a stop sign and struck another car. A female passenger in that other car, Dulce Maria Castro Perez, 21, was killed. Police said the driver in the stolen car continued on Bierstadt, lost control of the car then hit a pedestrian, Gustavo Mosqueda Ortega, 25, who was also killed.

kdvr.com
31354J.M.17MaleRace unspecified10/20/2021MissoulaMT46.864995-113.998947Missoula Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A Missoula officer was on patrol around 11:37 p.m. While stopped at a traffic light, the officer noticed a white Honda Civic driving at a high speed -- the speed was estimated to be around 60 or 70 mph in a 25 mph zone. Police attempted to make a traffic stop, but the car made a quick turn, and the officer lost sight of the car. Police located the car, and when police approached, the driver, Kemari D. Parks, 20, sped away through the parking lot. Officers saw a second person sitting in the front passenger seat. Officers continued to pursue the vehicle --which reportedly was traveling over 60 miles per hour. Parks nearly struck several other cars as police continued to pursue, driving into oncoming traffic and running through red lights. The car struck a parked car, causing Parks' car to strike several more cars. The passenger side of Parks' car hit the parked vehicle, causing significant damage. Parks got out of the car and fled on foot. Officers caught up to him as he was trying to jump a fence into the backyard of a house. He refused officer orders to get on the ground, who deployed his Taser, which prompted Parks to sit on the ground with his hands in the air. The passenger in Parks' car to have suffered ultimately fatal injuries in the crash. Parks was charged with one count of vehicular homicide while under the influence, one count of criminal endangerment and one count of fleeing from or eluding a peace officer resulting in serious bodily injury or death, all felonies.

missoulian.com
31355Melvin Eugene Simpson51MaleRace unspecified10/22/2021Oklahoma CityOK35.39186408-97.51690191Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

About 3:39 a.m., two people involved in the robbery fled in a red Saturn and were spotted by an officer minutes later. The officer initiated a traffic stop. The vehicle pulled over in a parking before speeding away east on a westbound service road. They entered the westbound lanes of I-240 driving the wrong way, police said. The pursuing officer drove on I-240 going east in the eastbound lanes, paralleling the vehicle to keep sight of them. They crashed head-on into another vehicle. The collision killed the driver, Melvin Simpson, who attempted to elude police, and injured his passenger.

oklahoman.com
31356Curtis Armstead Jr.24MaleAfrican-American/Black10/24/2021WoodbridgeVA38.67184016-77.25125722Virginia State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At 3:45 a.m., a trooper attempted a traffic stop on a Dodge Charger traveling 72 mph in a posted 55 mph zone. The driver of the Dodge refused to stop and fled. The driver of the Dodge lost control on the Route 123 ramp, ran off the right side of the road and struck the Jersey wall. The vehicle then rode up the cement wall and struck the bottom of the overpass for the I-95 Express Lanes. Troopers pulled the driver and passenger from the vehicle before it became engulfed in flames. The driver 24-year-old Curtis Armstead and the passenger was 23-year-old Miguel D. Jenkins. Both were killed.

insidenova.com
31357Miquel "Quel" De'quan Jenkins23MaleAfrican-American/Black10/24/2021WoodbridgeVA38.67184016-77.25125722Virginia State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At 3:45 a.m., a trooper attempted a traffic stop on a Dodge Charger traveling 72 mph in a posted 55 mph zone. The driver of the Dodge refused to stop and fled. The driver of the Dodge lost control on the Route 123 ramp, ran off the right side of the road and struck the Jersey wall. The vehicle then rode up the cement wall and struck the bottom of the overpass for the I-95 Express Lanes. Troopers pulled the driver and passenger from the vehicle before it became engulfed in flames. The driver 24-year-old Curtis Armstead and the passenger was 23-year-old Miguel D. Jenkins. Both were killed.

insidenova.com
31358Name withheld by police17FemaleRace unspecified10/24/2021LanexaVA37.5027216-76.9432307Virginia State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

About 1 a.m., troopers attempted to stop a white Infiniti sedan that Jahreese R. Watson-Ricks, 18, was driving at a high speeds. Watson-Ricks got off the interstate. He lost control of the car, striking trees and subsequently catching fire. Watson-Ricks attempted to flee on foot but was captured. His passenger was killed. Watson-Ricks was charged with felony homicide, involuntary manslaughter, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, reckless driving and felony eluding, and hit and run, among other charges.

wydaily.com
31359Aylene "Nicole" Heaney50MaleEuropean-American/European-American/White10/25/2021HoustonTX29.8983434-95.4554245Houston Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Erik Black allegedly stole an 18-wheeler with a flatbed trailer. He fled police and jumped out of the truck as it was still in motion. The truck struck a home. Two people who were in bed inside the residence were struck by the truck. A man was injured, and Aylene "Nicole" Heaney was killed. Black was charged with murder and reckless aggravated assault. The company that owns the truck was able to use a GPS to locate the truck.

click2houston.com
31360Sean Donahue35MaleEuropean-American/European-American/White10/25/2021Oklahoma CityOK35.3632941-97.5476388Oklahoma City Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A police officer tried to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation. The pursuit reportedly was called off shortly before the pursued vehicle caused a deadly multi-car crash about two miles away. Sean Donahue was an innocent motorist killed in the crash.

oklahoman.com
31361Marva Ilene Ackles47FemaleAfrican-American/Black10/26/2021LimaOH40.7405419-84.1648128Lima Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 11:15 a.m., police started chasing a car following a shoplifting incident at Walmart. When the driver, Marva Ackles, reached a speed over 100 miles per hour, police reportedly called off their pursuit. The car traveled west on Koop Road, missed a curve, and crashed into a tree. Marva Ackles was killed in the crash, the passenger was injured.

hometownstations.com
31362Joe William Gold93MaleEuropean-American/European-American/White10/28/2021LongmontCO40.1740913-105.0741638Longmont Police Services
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An officer in a marked car tried to pull over a driver because the car was believed to be stolen. The driver fled from the traffic stop. Officers chased him before reportedly stopping the pursuit. When the driver entered an intersection, his vehicle broadsided another vehicle, rolling the victim's vehicle and killing Joe Gold. Another vehicle was hit, and the 62-year-old rideshare driver and 19-year-old passenger in the backseat were injured. The alleged driver, 37-year-old James Michael Kramer, survived the crash.

9news.com
31363Elizabeth Bello35FemaleEuropean-American/European-American/White10/29/2021WaldenNY41.56153-74.194631Town of Montgomery Police Department, Village of Walden Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At approximately 10:25 p.m., Town of Montgomery Police and Village of Walden Police responded to a 911 call of an erratic driver. The vehicle, a 2018 Jeep Wrangler, was observed on Main Street by Walden Police and was subsequently stopped. As officers approached the vehicle, the operator, Joann Schields, 52, fled and after a short pursuit struck a 2013 Toyota Rav4 head on. The driver of the Toyota, Elizabeth Bello, 35, was killed. The two passengers in the vehicle, ages 16 and 6 were injured. Schields was killed.

nyspnews.com
31364JoAnn B. Schields52FemaleEuropean-American/European-American/White10/29/2021WaldenNY41.56153-74.194631Town of Montgomery Police Department, Village of Walden Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At approximately 10:25 p.m., Town of Montgomery Police and Village of Walden Police responded to a 911 call of an erratic driver. The vehicle, a 2018 Jeep Wrangler, was observed on Main Street by Walden Police and was subsequently stopped. As officers approached the vehicle, the operator, Joann Schields, 52, fled and after a short pursuit struck a 2013 Toyota Rav4 head on. The driver of the Toyota, Elizabeth Bello, 35, was killed. The two passengers in the vehicle, ages 16 and 6 were injured. Schields was killed.

nyspnews.com
31365Justin A. Frostad28MaleEuropean-American/European-American/White10/29/2021IndependenceKS37.19301021-95.73350847Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

About 11 p.m. Justin Frostad was traveling eastbound on county road 3875 in a 2007 Kia Optima and police were pursuing him. Frostad lost control of the vehicle after crossing railroad tracks and veered off the road and his vehicle flipped several times before coming to rest on its top in a field, killing Frostad.

kwch.com
31366Shawn Michael Passwater35MaleEuropean-American/European-American/White10/29/2021Terre HauteIN39.4421354-87.3975211Terre Haute Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 4 a.m., dispatchers received a call about people in a Jeep SUV threatening to shoot the person calling 911. Police tried to stop a Jeep SUV, but the driver allegedly fled. Police pursued the SUV until it crashed, ejecting the driver, Shawn Michael Passwater. Passwater was killed. A passenger in the vehicle was also injured.

wthitv.com
31367John Kennedy Fitzgerald Bolden23MaleRace unspecified11/03/2021Lake StationIN41.59241484-87.24560625LaPorte County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At 12:52 p.m., deputies started a chasing an allegedly stolen 2020 Infiniti QX60. The vehicle was traveling fast and was able to avoid stop sticks placed in the road. The chase continued into Lake County, where the QX60 reportedly hit a Porter County Sheriff's car. The impact caused the driver of the QX60 to lose control and hit a median wall, rolling over several times before coming to a stop on the opposite side of the median wall. The driver and seat passenger were ejected. The passenger was injured. The driver, John Kennedy Fitzgerald Bolden, was killed.

abc57.com
31368Name withheld by policeRace unspecified11/03/2021Rock SpringsWY41.55606604-109.3120139Wyoming Highway Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A trooper stopped a Chrysler van on I-80 near Green River. A second trooper arrived. The driver, after speaking with troopers, jumped back into the Chrysler and fled. Troopers pursued at speeds of more than 120 mph, until the van collided with the commercial belly dump truck, killing the driver.

trib.com
31369Amy Whitelock43FemaleEuropean-American/European-American/White11/04/2021Palmetto BayFL25.6289632-80.3411403Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officers pursued a Lexus carrying four men until it struck another vehicle that was attempting to make a left turn. The 43-year-old woman who was driving that vehicle and all four men in the Lexus were injured. The woman, Amy Whitelock, 43, and Tyrese Grace, 23, were killed.

clickorlando.com
31370Ja'Marrius An'Toine Rucker25MaleAfrican-American/Black11/04/2021AtlantaGA33.7490754-84.4175318Georgia State Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A trooper spotted a Toyota Camry around 1:30 a.m. as it exited I-20 East onto I-75 South. The vehicle reportedly was clocked at more than 100 mph. The officer immediately initiated a pursuit through city streets, and I-75. The trooper reportedly lost sight of the vehicle on Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard but found it again after it had crashed. Some accounts dispute this story and suggest the trooper may have knocked the vehicle off the road, where it hit a concrete barrier and killed Ja'Marrius A. Rucker, 25, and pregnant Nadiyah S. McCants, 18.

fox5atlanta.com
31371Nadiyah SaQuoia Keana McCants19FemaleAfrican-American/Black11/04/2021AtlantaGA33.7490754-84.4175318Georgia State Patrol
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A trooper spotted a Toyota Camry around 1:30 a.m. as it exited I-20 East onto I-75 South. The vehicle reportedly was clocked at more than 100 mph. The officer immediately initiated a pursuit through city streets, and I-75. The trooper reportedly lost sight of the vehicle on Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard but found it again after it had crashed. Some accounts dispute this story and suggest the trooper may have knocked the vehicle off the road, where it hit a concrete barrier and killed Ja'Marrius A. Rucker, 25, and pregnant Nadiyah S. McCants, 18.

fox5atlanta.com
31372Tyrese "Reese Money" Grace23MaleAfrican-American/Black11/04/2021Palmetto BayFL25.6289632-80.3411403Miami-Dade Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officers pursued a Lexus carrying four men until it struck another vehicle that was attempting to make a left turn. The 43-year-old woman who was driving that vehicle and all four men in the Lexus were injured. The woman, Amy Whitelock, 43, and Tyrese Grace, 23, were killed.

clickorlando.com
31373Kevin Joseph Earley21MaleEuropean-American/European-American/White11/07/2021SharonMA42.1232949-71.2309576Massachusetts State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 8 p.m., a 2020 Nissan Altima allegedly driven by 22-year-old Nicholas Snyder sped by a work detail. A trooper began pursuing the car, but the chase reportedly was called off. The Nissan collided with the rear of a Subaru Forester. After hitting the Subaru, the Nissan hit a Dodge Durango. The driver of the Subaru, Kevin Earley, was killed. The driver of the Dodge was injured. Snyder was injured and was arraigned on a motor vehicle homicide charge and other charges.

cbslocal.com
31374Brandon Michael McFry30MaleEuropean-American/European-American/White11/08/2021TalladegaAL33.42222659-86.13349848Talladega Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Brandon McFry and his girlfriend, Nicole Williamson, jumped from a white Cadillac allegedly driven by Tyler Shane McKnight when he decided to run from police, who were attempting to stop the vehicle. Williamson survived the incident, but McFry was struck and killed by a Talladega policewoman driving a 2017 Dodge Charger.

cbs42.com
31375Judd Roger Anderson75MaleEuropean-American/European-American/White11/09/2021Brooklyn CenterMN45.0745256-93.2865795Brooklyn Park Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Brooklyn Park police spotted a stolen truck in a Hy-Vee grocery store parking lot, but the truck drove out of the lot, through a ditch and onto nearby Highway 610 -- losing a reportedly stolen construction trailer along the way. Hundreds of feet of highway fencing snagged on the truck, which dragged the metal mesh for miles down the freeway and onto Highway 252. Police pursued. At about 66th Avenue, the fencing struck a passing car, which crashed into a light pole and killed the driver, Judd Roger Anderson.

mprnews.org
31376Lailani Duroy Snell57FemaleRace unspecified11/10/2021Fort WorthTX32.7220973-97.4468824Fort Worth Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officers were investigating a stabbing that occurred about noon on Las Vegas Trail where the victim's gray truck was also stolen. At about 1:45 p.m., officers located the man suspected in the stabbing. Chassity Brooks crashed the stabbing victim's truck into the Taz game room, killing 45-year-old Jeffrey Mazurowski inside. Officers were nearby and began following Brooks. About a mile down the road, he allegedly crashed into a woman sitting at a bus stop, Lailani Snell, who was killed. Police arrested Brooks.

nbcdfw.com
31378Guadalupe Garcia65MaleHispanic/Latino11/16/2021SoledadCA36.4203388-121.3227254Greenfield Police Department, Soledad Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Paulo Cesar Alcaraz-Ortiz allegedly was seen driving erratically through the city. Officers said he may have been under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Police began to pursue in Greenfield. The driver entered the 101 Freeway north toward Soledad. Alcaraz drove into a shopping center and rammed a police vehicle. One Greenfield officer and one Soledad officer were injured. He then hit and killed Guadalupe Garcia. Alcaraz was arrested, and police said he will be charged with murder.

kion546.com
31379Brian Atian Hutson16MaleHispanic/Latino11/21/2021SangerTX33.3564919-97.1737627Sanger Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An officer tried to stop a vehicle, but the driver fled. The officer pursued until the vehicle veered off the road and struck a tree. Three teenagers -- Kevin Xzavier Angeles, 14, Nelson Steven Candelario Lopez Vargas, 15, and Brian Atian Hutson, 16 -- were killed.

nbcdfw.com
31380Isiah Smith28MaleRace unspecified11/21/2021ChillumMD38.9463559-76.9776554Prince George's County Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police pulled Isiah Smith over for driving erratically just before 11 p.m. They also the tags did not belong on the car Smith was driving. Smith allegedly took off when an officer walked toward his car, and the officer pursued. Smith lost control of the car and crashed, ejecting Smith and killed.

nbcwashington.com
31381Kevin Xzavier Angeles14MaleHispanic/Latino11/21/2021SangerTX33.3564919-97.1737627Sanger Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An officer tried to stop a vehicle, but the driver fled. The officer pursued until the vehicle veered off the road and struck a tree. Three teenagers -- Kevin Xzavier Angeles, 14, Nelson Steven Candelario Lopez Vargas, 15, and Brian Atian Hutson, 16 -- were killed.

nbcdfw.com
31382Nelson Steven Candelario Lopez Vargas15MaleHispanic/Latino11/21/2021SangerTX33.3564919-97.1737627Sanger Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An officer tried to stop a vehicle, but the driver fled. The officer pursued until the vehicle veered off the road and struck a tree. Three teenagers -- Kevin Xzavier Angeles, 14, Nelson Steven Candelario Lopez Vargas, 15, and Brian Atian Hutson, 16 -- were killed.

nbcdfw.com
31383Name withheld by policeRace unspecified11/22/2021SalinasCA36.7443199-121.6570527Salinas Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Around 10 a.m., an officer was working traffic enforcement and conducting radar. A black Lexus SUV sped past the officer in excess of 75 mph. Before the officer could stop the SUV, the driver tried to pass a Dodge Dakota pickup truck that was making a left turn onto Sala Road. The Lexus hit the Dodge and then slammed into an empty minivan parked on the side of the road. The driver was killed.

thecalifornian.com
31384John Schulze43MaleEuropean-American/White11/23/2021Gardnerville RanchosNV38.8872897-119.7420361Douglas County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Deputies were chasing a car in which Schulze was a passenger. Police said the driver, 31-year-old Blake Edward Thacker, was wanted out of Oregon. During the chase, the driver collided with another car, and the car rolled, causing the passenger to be ejected and killed. Thacker was hospitalized for injuries and booked into the Douglas County Jail.

2news.com
31385Name withheld by policeRace unspecified11/23/2021FateTX32.91506122-96.43655411Fate Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Rockwall police attempted to stop a white Chrysler 300 for the violation of a stolen license plate. The pursuit continued into the city of Fate, and Fate Police Department took over the pursuit. The vehicle traveled into the median of the interstate and lost control, striking a culvert. The driver of the Chrysler was killed, and the passenger was injured.

heraldbanner.com
31387Name withheld by policeRace unspecified11/24/2021HoustonTX29.6135038-95.1894667Harris County Constable's Office Precinct 8
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A motorcyclist was killed after officers pursued him across multiple Houston-area cities and reached speeds in excess of a 100 mph. The pursuit ended about 9:45 p.m. when went on to Dixie Farm Road, where he turned into oncoming traffic and hit a curb, causing him to lose control of the motorcycle and crash, killing him.

khou.com
31388Melissa "Missy" Renee Dorsett36FemaleEuropean-American/White11/30/2021EmporiaVA36.70038884-77.55065363Emporia Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A 2018 BMW fled from an officer who attempted to pull the vehicle over. Police said the driver was clocked going 90 miles per hour in a 70 mph zone. The driver, Jermaine Ricardo Bernard, 30, attempted to escape the officer by turning his headlights off and an exit toward Route 301. After failing to make a turn onto 301, Bernard then made a U-turn, heading the wrong way down the exit ramp and eventually traveling south in the northbound lanes of I-95. Emporia Police Officer R.C. Williams, reportedly lost sight of the BMW, which collided with a Lincoln heading north. Both the driver and passenger in the BMW were thrown from the car, and the BMW caught fire. Bernard was flown to VCU Medical Center for treatment of life-threatening injuries. The passenger of the BMW Melissa R. Dorsett, 36, was killed, as was the passenger in the Lincoln, Meloney Vannessa McCormmock, 26.

wric.com
31389Meloney Vannessa McCormmock26FemaleRace unspecified11/30/2021EmporiaVA36.70038884-77.55065363Emporia Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A 2018 BMW fled from an officer who attempted to pull the vehicle over. Police said the driver was clocked going 90 miles per hour in a 70 mph zone. The driver, Jermaine Ricardo Bernard, 30, attempted to escape the officer by turning his headlights off and an exit toward Route 301. After failing to make a turn onto 301, Bernard then made a U-turn, heading the wrong way down the exit ramp and eventually traveling south in the northbound lanes of I-95. Emporia Police Officer R.C. Williams, reportedly lost sight of the BMW, which collided with a Lincoln heading north. Both the driver and passenger in the BMW were thrown from the car, and the BMW caught fire. Bernard was flown to VCU Medical Center for treatment of life-threatening injuries. The passenger of the BMW Melissa R. Dorsett, 36, was killed, as was the passenger in the Lincoln, Meloney Vannessa McCormmock, 26.

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31390Aaron Salazar27MaleRace unspecified12/01/2021El PasoTX31.701106-106.284102Socorro Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At 9:35 a.m., officers attempted to contact Aaron Salazar who had been involved in a domestic incident at a home in Socorro. Almost an hour later, he ran out of the home, took off in a pickup truck, and Socorro officers pursued. Salazar crashed at the intersection of Dindinger and Socorro Road, where he abandoned the first truck and carjacked another vehicle. The pursuit continued to San Elizario, eventually to I-10. About 11 a.m., crashed on I-10, the truck coming to rest on the shoulder of the road, after striking a road service truck. Salazar was killed.

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31391Alfred Mayes33MaleAfrican-American/Black12/01/2021Bellefontaine NeighborsMO38.7497281-90.2263852St. Louis County Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

County police were alerted about 1:30 p.m. to watch for a black Infiniti Q70 wanted by St. Louis city police in connection to a first-degree assault. Officers spotted the Infiniti and turned on the emergency lights and siren on their marked vehicle and attempted to stop the car, but it fled. About 1:40 p.m., the Infinity crashed into the second car. A man in the second car, Alfred Mayes, who was not involved in the chase was killed and another man in the same car was injured, as was the passenger in the Infinity.

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31392Jamari D. Brown19MaleAfrican-American/Black12/03/2021King GeorgeVA38.3360312-77.1124863King George County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

About 7:40 p.m., a county deputy was on patrol when he noticed a westbound vehicle being operated recklessly on the two-lane road. The deputy attempted to catch up to the vehicle to make a traffic stop and saw the driver passing other vehicles on a double yellow line while driving in excess of 20 mph over the speed limit. A short time later, the vehicle crashed and caught on fire. Jamari D. Brown was killed.

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31393Sally Bay Schultz85FemaleEuropean-American/White12/03/2021SolonOH41.3946821-81.4334928Solon Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

A patrol officer saw a 2012 Ford Fusion that had been entered as stolen at gunpoint in Cleveland. The driver fled when officers attempted to stop them. The officer set up stop sticks but the driver avoided them, lost control and crashed into two other vehicles. Both drivers of the other two vehicles, a 37-year-old North Bloomfield man and an 89-year-old Chagrin Falls man, were injured. A passenger from Chagrin Falls, Sally Schultz, was killed. A 19-year-old Berea man and a 20-year-old Cleveland man were arrested.

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31394Anna "A." Grace Pearson22FemaleEuropean-American/White12/04/2021Johnson CityTN36.3125141-82.4120201Tusculum Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

An officer attempted to pull a vehicle over when a vehicle went past him at 104 mph. Christian Morrow, 21, fled eastbound toward Washington County. The officer engaged his emergency lights and sirens and pursued the vehicle. Morrow rear ended Anna Pearson's 2012 Toyota Scion hatchback, killing her.

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31395Michael Wayne Jackson62MaleAfrican-American/Black12/04/2021HoustonTX29.6582044-95.3679469Houston Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Vehicle

Officers in the patrol car were responding to an assist an officer call after an initial chase had ended in an apartment complex. The officers were driving west on Reed Road, toward the apartment complex, when the police car lost control went up onto the curb and hit and killed Michael Wayne Jackson.

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31396Donald Hill31MaleRace unspecified12/06/2021Des MoinesIA41.5508401-93.5977313Des Moines Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Less-than-lethal force

An officer spotted a van driving in reverse on a city street, then pull into a parking lot. The officer stopped and questioned the van's driver, who reportedly gave a false name and then fled on foot. The officer chased the man, and a fight between the two men occurred. Around 8 p.m., the officer radioed for help, saying he was involved in a violent encounter with a suspect. Police say that about a minute after that call, emergency dispatchers began receiving calls that an officer and a man he was chasing had been hit by a car. The two struggled, Donald Hill ran into SE 14th Street, followed by the officer, and both men were hit by a vehicle, killing Hill. The officer was injured.

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31397Julian A. Rodriguez21MaleHispanic/Latino12/07/2021Greenwich TownshipPA40.57738965-75.7988159Pennsylvania State Police
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Troopers came upon a vehicle stopped in the road on a highway ramp about 12:30 a.m. The driver took off, and troopers pursued the vehicle into neighboring Lehigh County and then into Berks County. Julian A. Rodriguez crashed the vehicle he was driving while trying to exit Interstate 78 at Exit 40 in Greenwich Township. He was killed.

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31398Name withheld by policeRace unspecified12/09/2021MinneapolisMN45.0132019-93.234581Robbinsdale Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An SUV reportedly stolen out of Minneapolis was spotted by Robbinsdale police around 2 a.m. Robbinsdale police chased the car into Minneapolis where the driver of the SUV lost control and crashed. Five juveniles were in the SUV at the time. Shawndale Devon Hickman, 16, and another teenager were killed. The other three were seriously injured.

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31399Shawndale Devon Hickman16MaleRace unspecified12/09/2021MinneapolisMN45.0132019-93.234581Robbinsdale Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

An SUV reportedly stolen out of Minneapolis was spotted by Robbinsdale police around 2 a.m. Robbinsdale police chased the car into Minneapolis where the driver of the SUV lost control and crashed. Five juveniles were in the SUV at the time. Shawndale Devon Hickman, 16, and another teenager were killed. The other three were seriously injured.

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31400Sydney Leigh Glenn24FemaleAfrican-American/Black12/11/2021KokomoIN40.490713-86.155373Kokomo Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Officers attempted to stop a 2016 Nissan at approximately 3:19 a.m. The Nissan fled, and officers reportedly ended their pursuit after losing sight of the vehicle. Six minutes later, officers were dispatched for an accident. Officers identified the Nissan that fled from police as one of the vehicles in the crash. The driver of the Nissan, William Lane, 34, was heading westbound and hit a Dodge Ram as he crossed the intersection at North Berkley Road. A passenger in the Nissan, Sydney Glenn, was killed. Lane and another passenger were injured. The driver of the Ram, James Conwell, 35, was also injured.

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31402Steven Benjamin M. Rhock24MaleRace unspecified12/14/2021JarrattVA36.79999008-77.45984424Halifax County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

The Halifax Sheriff's Office notified Virginia State Police around 5:25 p.m. that they were in pursuit of a stolen 2017 Honda Civic on Interstate 95. The pursuit led northbound on I-95 and then crossed the state line into Virginia. Virginia troopers deployed spike strips. The vehicle hit the spike strips, but continued to flee. Steven Benjamin M. Rhock lost control of the Honda and ran off the roadway into the median. The car crashed into the tree line, where it became fully engulfed in flames. Rhock was killed.

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31403Name withheld by police49MaleRace unspecified12/17/2021HighlandCA34.1218373-117.1607247San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

About 4:15 p.m., deputies saw a truck heading that matched the description of a vehicle stolen during a kidnapping. Deputies attempted to stop the truck, but driver, Anthony Lara, fled. He reportedly ran through a stop sign and lost control of the truck, veered left and crashed into a home. The two other occupants of the truck, a 49-year-old Yucaipa man and a 32-year-old Highland woman, were killed.

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31404Name withheld by police32FemaleRace unspecified12/17/2021HighlandCA34.1218373-117.1607247San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

About 4:15 p.m., deputies saw a truck heading that matched the description of a vehicle stolen during a kidnapping. Deputies attempted to stop the truck, but driver, Anthony Lara, fled. He reportedly ran through a stop sign and lost control of the truck, veered left and crashed into a home. The two other occupants of the truck, a 49-year-old Yucaipa man and a 32-year-old Highland woman, were killed.

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31405James Thigpen36MaleRace unspecified12/19/2021West ElmiraNY42.0780633-76.85267Chemung County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

At about 7:43 p.m., a deputy saw a 2018 Honda motorcycle traveling east at a high rate of speed. The deputy pursued the motorcycle east on W. Water Street and learned that the motorcycle had been previously reported stolen out of the City of Ithaca. The deputy attempted to stop the motorcycle. The motorcycle slowed to a near stop before turning around and traveling at high speeds west on W. Water Street, against the flow of one-way roadway traffic. The deputy did not pursue the motorcycle and radioed the Communications Center, advising them that the motorcycle had fled the stop. The motorcycle continued west on W. Water Street and struck a 2016 Ford Fusion. James Thigpen was killed.

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31406Linda Jozefiak58FemaleEuropean-American/White12/20/2021Mt. ClemensMI42.5984656-82.895824Macomb County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Deputies said a stolen pickup truck was seen at 1:25 p.m. in Mount Clemens. When officers tried to arrest the driver, he fled at a high speeds, striking at least one undercover deputy's vehicle. Minutes later, police received a call about a crash. Linda Jozefiak was killed.

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31407Stanley Davis Jr.13MaleAfrican-American/Black12/26/2021Boynton BeachFL26.5333763-80.0581421Boynton Beach Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police allegedly saw Stanley Davis Jr. driving recklessly on Boynton Beach Boulevard. They pursued until Davis crashed the bike. Davis was killed.

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31408Robert Michael George53MaleEuropean-American/White12/27/2021Big RunPA40.9663905-78.8782926Punxsutawney Borough Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Robert George was reportedly being pulled over before 11 p.m.. Punxsutawney Borough police report seeing several moving violations, but George fled at a high speed. He made it to Big Run when he then tried to navigate a curve in the road and lost control of the Dodge Caliber and crashed into the Best Kawasaki dealership, killing him.

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31409Name withheld by policeMaleHispanic/Latino12/29/2021OntarioCA34.0482994-117.569927Fontana Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police responded to a call for a maroon van parked on the railroad tracks about 4 a.m. A train conductor reportedly spotted the van and said it initially appeared to be stuck. When officers arrived, they saw people allegedly stealing from one of the train's boxcars. When police approached, the people fled. Officers chased them into the city of Ontario until the van crashed into a building. The two people in the van, an unidentified Hispanic man and Hispanic woman, were killed.

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31410Name withheld by policeFemaleHispanic/Latino12/29/2021OntarioCA34.0482994-117.569927Fontana Police Department
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Police responded to a call for a maroon van parked on the railroad tracks about 4 a.m. A train conductor reportedly spotted the van and said it initially appeared to be stuck. When officers arrived, they saw people allegedly stealing from one of the train's boxcars. When police approached, the people fled. Officers chased them into the city of Ontario until the van crashed into a building. The two people in the van, an unidentified Hispanic man and Hispanic woman, were killed.

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31417Jeremy Alexandar Yates21MaleEuropean-American/White12/17/2021Slate MillsVA38.5411966-78.197761Madison County Sheriff's Office, Culpeper County Sheriff's Office
  • Vehicle
  • Pursuit

Jeremy Yates fled after deputies from the Madison County Sheriff's Office approached his vehicle around 9 p.m. He fired at passing vehicles and at sheriff's deputies during the chase, which ended when Yates' vehicle veered off a road and overturned, killing him. At was not immediately disclosed whether he died of gunshots or the crash.

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