Fatal Encounters

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Donovan Cagney

Name: Donovan Cagney
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 10/07/2015
Location: Concord Drive and Richards Avenue
Watertown, Wisconsin, 53094
County: Jefferson
Agency: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Bradley Chavez and Donovan Cagney were killed when their car crashed during a police chase that ended in Watertown. Shortly before 2 a.m., deputies stopped the teens on County Road E, south of Watertown. The driver allegedly drove off at high speeds toward the town, then lost control on a curve and crashed into a tree. Chavez and Cagney died at the scene. Three teenaged girls in the back seat were injured in the crash, two of them critically.
Unique ID: 16743

News article: Link






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