Fatal Encounters

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

Nicolas "Nico" Matthew Romero

Name: Nicolas "Nico" Matthew Romero
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 08/19/2021
Location: NM-68 and NM-518
Ranchos De Taos, New Mexico, 87557
County: Taos
Agency: Taos County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Joshua Maestas allegedly fled from Taos County sheriff's deputies attempting to arrest him and crashed. Maestas was charged with vehicular homicide. He was wanted for violating his parole. The crash killed Nicolas Romero.
Unique ID: 30805

News article: Link






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