James Lumpkins Jr.
Name: James Lumpkins Jr.
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 04/11/2002
Location: near I-4 and U.S. 301
Tampa, Florida, 33610
County: Hillsborough
Agency: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Talanda Holder, Luke Hannah and James Lumpkins Jr. were passengers in a car driven by a fourth, their 15-year-old friend, in a stolen Dodge Neon trying to evade police at 80 MPH on the interstate. The driver swerved to avoid a spiked stop-strip set out by police. The car passed through the median and slammed into a concrete utility pole. The sheared-off front end of the car traveled another 277 feet. The three were killed; the driver walked away without a scratch
Unique ID: 1605
News article: Link
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