Fatal Encounters

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

James Perry

Name: James Perry
Age: 85
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 06/05/2000
Location: 300 block W Boynton Beach Blvd
Boynton Beach, Florida, 33435
County: Palm Beach
Agency: Boynton Beach Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: A local officer rushing to the site of a morning Olive Garden robbery crashed into a car driven by elderly Perry. Perry was taken to the hospital, and was sitting up and talking then died from apparent heart failure. The officer was also seriously injured. The local police chief expressed hopes that the Olive Garden robber would be charged with murder for Perry's death.
Unique ID: 260

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