Randy Heater
Name: Randy Heater
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 03/10/2021
Location: 5720-5836 Springmill Rd
Shelby, Ohio, 44875
County: Richland
Agency: Mansfield Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: At 8:21 p.m., Mansfield police responded to a report of three men fighting, with a woman potentially being held against her will. While en route, officers learned a man had been struck in the face with a tire iron and a man had fled in a pickup. Police found the 2005 Chevy Silverado pickup on Bowman Street, traveling north at a high rate of speed. The driver refused to stop. While police pursued, Heater reportedly traveled off the road and rammed a police cruiser. As police chased him through rural Richland County, the driver, Randy Heater, ultimately crashed and was killed.
Unique ID: 29778
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