Fatal Encounters

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

Kenneth Carpentier

Name: Kenneth Carpentier
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 09/23/2018
Location: 3500 Cedar Ave
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407
County: Hennepin
Agency: Minnesota State Patrol
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: Kimberly Gunderson and Kenneth and Sheryl Carpentier were riding in a truck around 1 a.m. when a man allegedly driving a stolen SUV rammed into them. All three were killed. Minnesota state troopers were chasing the driver, 18-year-old Dayquan Jayru Hodge. Hodge was charged with criminal vehicular homicide and four counts of criminal vehicular operation for the injuries suffered by the teens in the SUV he was driving.
Unique ID: 24957

News article: Link






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