Fatal Encounters

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Jason Brian Canter

Name: Jason Brian Canter
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 12/11/2015
Location: I-95 & New Forge Road
White Marsh, Maryland, 21162
County: Baltimore
Agency: Maryland Transportation Authority Police
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: A lawsuit, filed by Sonjia Johnson-Baker's family, alleged negligence, gross negligence and wrongful death on the part of the Maryland Transportation Authority, four of its officers, the state transportation department; and Michael R. Brown of Hagerstown, a driver who was fleeing police. Johnson-Baker and Jason Brian Canter, a passenger in Brown's car, were killed in the crash, and four others were injured. Brown pleaded guilty to two counts of negligent manslaughter with an automobile and was sentenced to 18 years in prison and two years of probation.
Unique ID: 21761

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