Fatal Encounters

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

Demetric McClendon

Name: Demetric McClendon
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 01/05/2000
Location: Lamar Ave & E Shelby Dr
Memphis, Tennessee, 38118
County: Shelby
Agency: Memphis Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehicle
Media summary: Demetric McClendon, 25, and his passenger Tommy Wilson, 29, were fleeing police when they were killed when their car struck two other vehicles. The men were not being chased by police, police said. Officers were looking for one of them on an attempted-murder warrant, had followed his car but did not chase them.
Unique ID: 22610

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